Spying: executive director of the A.C.L.U: the N.S.A. has been unleashed in a much broader way on Americans.

Sound off: Where the views and opinions of our staff and others are expressed on various topics that relate to Bush: "Who Will Stand Up for the Constitution? | by Bob Herbert | The New York Times | January 19, 2006
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So why is the president illegally spying on Americans when the administration can so easily comply with the law by secretly getting warrants from the terminally compliant court established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act?

Clues can be found in a couple of lawsuits seeking to stop the illegal spying that were filed this week by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights. In addition to arguing that the domestic spying program should be shut down because it is illegal, both groups express the fear that the National Security Agency has been spying on individuals who have had nothing whatever to do with terrorism." ...
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"That means," said Mr. Romero, "that the N.S.A. has been unleashed in a much broader way on Americans." ...