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There are reasons not to revamp congressional oversight of homeland security. They just aren't very good ones.

At today’s Rose Garden signing of the National Save the Military Act, the flick of a pen fundamentally changed the balance of powers and the conduct of America’s national defense.

In the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks the National Security Agency (NSA) established a terrorist surveillance program to intercept the international communications of suspected transitional terrorists and their supporters.

Emerging technologies will provide capabilities that include protection and possible immunity against biological agents, better screening at airports and ports, more efficientinformation-gathering and information-sharing techniques, andbetter armor for our troops. These fields will be at the center ofscientific advances for years to come and perhaps will redefine notonly our national security capabilities, but also how we conductour daily lives.

Some anti-war arguments make less sense than others. Shortly after 9/11, critics began dismissing the notion that we should, or even could, be at war with terrorists.