Here's the latest out of the White House…
When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers.
And it goes on to say that as with other laws Congress has passed, he feels he can disregard the portions he doesn't like, especially those that say what he can and cannot do.
I've read an awful lot of articles about this interpretation Bush has of presidential powers. I have yet to read one that made what I thought was a reasonable case on his behalf. In fact, I have yet to read a defense written by anyone I thought wouldn't demand the impeachment of any Democratic president who even toyed with this concept.