The Federal Government's eager assault of Americans' constitutionally protected freedoms began even before the dust from the attacks of September 11th had settled, according to CNN:
The highly controversial no-warrant surveillance program initiated
after the September 11 terrorist attacks relied on a "factually flawed"
legal analysis inappropriately provided by a single Justice Department
official, according to a report to Congress on Friday.
The report was compiled by the inspectors general of the nation's top intelligence agencies, the Pentagon and the Justice Department.
The report, mandated by Congress, provides fresh context to information previously leaked in press accounts and buttressed by both congressional testimony and books written by former officials involved in the surveillance effort.
Nothing will come of this, of course. Just more paper work and more articles in CNN.
Michael Jackson's passing warrants greater media coverage.
