Athena: So far, so good.

* don't miss athenae's post about the 'new' spying story:

"We've jumped off the building and at every floor we fall past, we say, "So far, so good."

It's okay to spy. So far, so good. It's okay to lie about the war. So far, so good. The Democrats want to ban the bible. So far, so good. There is nothing we cannot stand. Smack us in the face with another bag of nickels, sir. So far, so good. It's okay to say a war hero shot himself, and you might even get a book deal out of it afterward. So far, so good. You want to balance your lunacy against my reality? So far, so good. Hey, that awning looks like it's coming up mighty fast. Michael Moore is fat. So far, so good. It's okay, it's okay, it's okay. Don't get up."

read the rest.

* emptywheel wants to know why we have to keep this spying thing secret - given that the program(s) are basically TIA, and it was only a few short years ago they were actually advertising TIA - logo and all. (see here and here for Shane Harris' 'TIA is now called BasketBall' stories. and here is the Tice/Goodman interview again)

* scout_prime has a plan:

"Maybe if everyone put their dialing fingers together in a campaign to disrupt their patterns.....call it Dialing for Freedom or Minuteman Minutes."

* I dont think Russ Tice would think that plan very wise:

"Lord help you if you’ve got a wrong phone call from one of these guys, a terrorist overseas or something, and you're American. You’re liable to have the F.B.I. camping out your doorstep, apparently, from everything that’s going on." (link)