ABC: "Journalists' Phone Records are Fair Game." (Via Kevin Drum). Seriously, who is going to catch the terrorists? Remember them? ... I wonder if the news organizations ABC identifies tonight as having confirmation of being the victim of this overreach (ABC, the New York Times, the Washington Post), will consider suing the government. Should the government really be secretly monitoring who the independent media in America is calling, who they are talking to, not just confidential sources, but all of their sources? All of the numbers they dial and everyone who calls them? And poor you, right, if you have ever talked to someone in the government's crosshairs from one of those organizations even to talk about their kids' bake sale, I guess, because you're on their radar now too. What fun. So who is catching the terrorists again? Because the FBI and NSA seem awfully and increasingly busy monitoring innocent Americans. More from the NY Sun.

Posted by Laura at May 15, 2006 09:22 PM