The real danger here is that the "Patriot Act" has already set up a secret court that has been given authority by the legislature to authorize the wiretaps that were being done.

The administration has been "bypassing" that court because that court had already told them that wiretaps of that kind are unacceptable.

However, the members of the secret court are rotated frequently, with no public information on who they are or when they change, and the only person involved in making assignments to the secret court is the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, who apparently was handpicked by the administration to select, acting alone and in secret, "cooperative judges" for the secret court.

I feel sooooo secure...

John