"If the President does it AND it's about National Security, it's not illegal"

[RZM]

7. But there are quite a few other threats that may not have the power to bring the nation down

But they do have the power to kill people simply for being Americans. And the CIC has a responsibility to do all they can to prevent that from happening.

9/11 did not threaten our way of life. But it did kill nearly 3,000 people. I'm not saying everything that was done in the name of it was justified. But the executive has an obligation to confront that threat and prevent more people dying for the same reason.

So your argument is completely false. There absolutely is such a thing as 'national security.' What you're talking about is 'prevention of complete catastrophe.' We don't need to worry much about that, but we do need to worry about little catastrophes.