Sunday, May 14, 2006  Legality and Willingness to Accept NSA
Spying  The reason that I am spending so much time and effort on
the NSA wiretaps and phonecall database is because I consider
the underlying issue of government power to be one of the most
serious issues we face. I have explained some of the reasons in
the last three days of posts. There are a few others that I
would like to consider.  The Legality Claim  "The NSA's
activities are perfectly legal."  The Bush Administration is
attempting to defend itself by claiming that the activities of
the NSA are legal.  This argument suffers from a number of
flaws.  First, we are getting this from an administration that
thinks that everything the President does in the name of
national security is legal. It does not even matter if the
activity really has anything to do with national security. As
long as the President uses the words 'national security' while
performing the act, then it is legal.  If President Bush were to
ask Attorney General Gonzales for a defen