Oh, and of course I trust the politicians, too!

This brief article from Slate Magazine discusses the difficulty that our elected officials are having getting answers on current wiretapping activities being conducted at the behest of the administration.

"Trust us," they say. "We're professionals and we know what we're doing. The rights of US citizens have not been harmed in the course of our investigations."

I suppose that statement could be true, but of course, that begs the question: "How do we know?" Classified or not, someone has to oversee the actions of government operatives. As far as I know, that's the law. And so far as I can determine, there has been no need to suspend the rule of law.

Personally, I think wiretapping is necessary. But it is only legal if warrants are obtained. Jebus, they could have lied and told us they had warrants* for every wiretap they'd conducted. I mean--who would know any different?

* Reason #5,374 that Bush is an idiot.