Do you not see the double talk in there? Let's take this sentence

if I found out that there were high officials who knowingly, consciously broke existing laws, engaged in cover-ups of those crimes with knowledge [aforethought]

Define knowingly. Define consciously broke.

It's a political statement because the new FISA compromise allows everyone to go free if they have a letter from the president and the Attorney General saying this telcom action  was lawful. So think about it.  If you are excused as `it's okay' on one hand. How do you expect then to turn around and say oh it's not okay any longer i.e criminal?

Now unless senator Obama plans to try the President for criminal intent. Everyone else is truly free from any further actions due to the new Fisa.
Nobody ever will go to jail over this.