spy versus spy

* jeralyn:

"ABC investigative reporters say that the Government is monitoring their phone
calls to ascertain their confidential courses."

(also see josh)

* laura:

"It's not only because I am a journalist, but really in the deepest sense as an
American citizen, I don't think spying on journalists is very American, I really
don't. (For that matter, I don't think warrantless spying on American citizens
period is kosher either). It's a police state tactic, and one can't help but
wonder had Congress been doing a more robust job of oversight, if journalists
would be playing this heightened investigation and exposure role alone. But as
it is, that's where we are. It's a dangerous moment, and an unsustainable one.
Something really has to give. The oversight mechanisms have to kick in. The
excesses, the overreach, the suspencion of the law, have gone too far, far
beyond a partisan argument. This has nothing to do with the war on terror or
national security. This has to do with an attempt at intimidation to evade any
sort of accountability. And it's done a huge disservice to this country."

* laura:

" Check out Russell Tice's letter (.pdf), and the very strong hint that the matter to be disclosed involves military satellites being used to spy on Americans. It's staggering if true. The specter of this whole architecture of futuristic warfare, being used to experimentally target the communications of the American citizenry, is profoundly disturbing. Truly, could Orwell have even imagined this?"