Bending the Third Rail
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Larry, Moe and Curley
Here's a roundup via Slate's "Today's Papers" of the latest reveleations on the illegal wiretapping by Bush:
The New York Times leads with FBI types complaining that while the National Security Agency's warrantless snooping resulted in a "flood" of tips, "virtually all of them, current and former officials say, led to dead ends or innocent Americans."

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The NYT says "some" FBI officials found the warrantless snooping to be approaching useless and legally iffy. The FBI's top dog, Robert Mueller, reportedly questioned the program's legality (and eventually deferred to his bosses). The Times—bonus points!—spills on why its sources are spilling: The G-men are trying to shank the spooks. "This wasn't our program," said one anonymous FBI official. "It's not our mess, and we're not going to clean it up."

The NYT story goes on to cite FBI officials saying the plots the administration has suggested it cracked as a result of the snooping were primarily discovered by other methods.
Take a terrorist attack, mix it with the rampant paranoia in America (particularly in government) and you get lost liberty. Afterall, there's a boogie man around every corner,... right?
Written at 11:46 AM by Greyhair.
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