Secret Wiretaps Damaging, Worrisome
By Evan Kohlmann
Adding on the comments of my colleague Victor Comras below, I've also had a chance to weigh in on the issue of secret NSA wiretaps authorized by the Bush administration, care of MSNBC's Hardblogger website. Bypassing the authority of the FISA court requires a weighty and specific justification -- one that has not yet been offered by anyone at the White House. More importantly, this action has politically jeopardized the extension of the critical 2001 USA Patriot Act and -- worse still -- is giving a host of various imprisoned terrorists a narrow shot at challenging their convictions. Bottom line: the sentiment behind the secret wiretaps may have been noble, but the execution was arrogant and bumbling.
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