angentially-related article about judge approving cell phone monitoring
without requiring prosecutors to show evidence of probable cause:
http://news.com.com/Police+blotter+Judge+lets+Feds+track+cell+phones/2100-1028_3-6006453.html

How extensive is NSA's spy program:
http://news.com.com/Just+how+extensive+is+NSAs+spy+program/2100-1028_3-6006326.html

An earlier roundup of blog posts:
http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/12/nsa_surveillanc.html

Articles asking whether President Bush commited an impeachable offense:
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=%5CPolitics%5Carchive%5C200512%5CPOL20051220a.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/24/MNGBOGD4FF1.DTL
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179323,00.html