More on Domestic Spying

georgia10 at DailyKos has a great post on the same NYT article as Steve. Snarky but insightful.

Let's put it all together, now that we have a clearer picture. Bush's citizen spying program uses the same standard of probable cause, just like FISA. But instead of having to present actual evidence of that probable cause to a judge, his program set up the McDonald's drive-thru of the intelligence world. Agents would approach whomever was on shift at the time, place their order to spy on Citizen X, and get their approval lickety-split. Gonzales and Miers would peek in every month or so to do a once-over, to make sure everything was clean and there were no rats and such. But for the large part, the program ran with no oversight, no inspection, and no limits. Despite the fact that several high-level officials repeatedly expressed concerns about the program's legality, Bush kept the program alive. He's still refusing to end it. So the program is still open: warrantless, illegal searches of Americans, served up piping hot on demand.