Funny how that law that allegedly contained clear restrictions, ended up broadening domestic spying.

"Rules must be binding. Violations must be punished. Words must mean something." So said President Obama, addressing the North Korean test of a long range missile. Nice sentiments, but when the Obama Department of Justice avoids enforcing the laws against warrantless wiretapping and torture, that's all they are -- sentiments.

Sy Hersh reveals that Cheney had an assassination squad reporting directly to him.

Three Republican-appointed judges have upheld most of the convictions of Governor Don Siegelman--while throwing out two counts of Mail Fraud. Their arguments aren't very convincing.

EFF came up with a really good response to the telecom claim that the Executive Branch can decide which telecoms get immunity because it's part of the inherent authority tied to foreign affairs.

Now, it's likely that Nacchio will appeal to SCOTUS. Which means the Roberts Court will probably be refusing cert for Nacchio at about the time they overrule Vaughn Walker's impending decision that retroactive immunity for telecoms--you know, the guys who broke the law when they cooperated with Dick Cheney's illegal wiretap program?--is illegal.

Threat Level posts an interview they did with Russell Tice three years ago. In it, he suggests we subpoena the corporate executives involved in the illegal wiretap program to find out how our government spied on us.

The Obama administration has, in theory at least, supported Bush's motion to appeal Judge Vaughn Walker's al-Haramain decision. But that's with an administration that doesn't have a DOJ yet.

Given Russell Tice's recent confirmations of many of our suspicions about Bush's warrantless wiretapping programs, I wanted to point a footnote from the recently declassified FISCR ruling.

The government says they don't have a database of all their communications. But there's lots of reason to disbelieve them.