From the Department of False Analogies--and Snidley Whiplash

The one that drives me crazy: we don't send soldiers onto the battle field with a lawyer to consult. I guess that settles it.

Abu Al says he can imagine Al Qaeda watching these hearings and smiling--and he didn't add twirling their facial hair like Snidley Whiplash--at the thought they will get more information on how we are surveilling them. That's the ticket, when all else fails, appeal to fear and hatred.