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The president was given an opinion by the Attorney General that his proposed actions were legal (yes the same one who said some forms of "torture" are also legal). That, along with the fact that he informed the Congressional oversight committees beforehand, shows that he therefore exercised due diligence in the matter before proceeding. Those are the actions of a man worthy of trust.

And if the courts do not overturn his actions, nor Congress remove his authority he is alleging, then that Attorney General's opinion, regardless of the fact he is a political appointee, will have been shown to be correct.