I've seen Frontline; here is my immediate reaction:

1. John Yoo is one dumb sonofabitch.

2. That the FBI now issues its own warrants is very bad.

3. The analogy of DUI roadblocks comes to my mind. Except that this is like stopping and checking every driver and every passenger in every car on every road at all times -- NOT for the purpose of stopping drunk driving but rather in order to make a list of people who (they imagine) might be likely to drink and drive at some vague point in the future.

4. The dumb sonofabitches known as Bush-Cheney think We the People are The Enemy, while al-Qaeda has been left alone since 9/11 to attack each of the U.S.'s few remaining allies (Australia in Bali; Madrid; London; etc.). However, if the real object of the exercise is permanent GOP control, then I guess We the People are their true (potential) enemy.

5. One day the Bush-Cheney people will remove their human masks and reveal themselves as evil space aliens, just like in that episode of the new Doctor Who.

"You people have no idea how to defend a nation." -- Jake007

Wasn't Col. Nathan Jessup the bad guy in 'A Few Good Men', who was insanely paranoid over being attacked by . . . Cubans? What a guy. But I guess the embargo against Cuba will succeed, if given enough time, in making Castro die of old age. So: Well done, Jake!

"But if that's the case -- if it was only in 2004 that a requirement was created that the eavesdropping be tied closely to terrorists encompassed by the AUMF -- then that would mean that prior to that time, there was no nexus between the eavesdropping and those terrorist groups." -- Glenn

I imagine the only change that was made in '04 to tie the program to the enemy was to reclassify us the American people as "the enemy." I, too, was and am struck by the way Bush-Cheney use the word "enemy" to describe us all; and after all these are the same people who think pot growers in Canada and anti-war Quakers in Florida are "terrorists."

[Remember the post-9/11 TV ad that portrayed pot smokers as terrorists? and Ariana's smart response ad tying gas-guzzling SUV owners to terrorism?] "Everyone's a suspect" -- wasn't that Frontline's opening line? You're either with Bush-Cheney or against them.

An entertaining and informative piece; but to be serious for a moment, who is going to select the GOP's nominee now that Jerry "9/11" Falwell has reached the End of Days?

Given the many hateful and hurtful things said and done by Jerry "9/11" Falwell, it would not surprise me if he were reborn as a mouthless snake in his next 500 reincarnations.

Gaza's melting down, the U.S. effort in Iraq is slowly crumbling, and even the local troller, Jake the Double-Naught Spy, seems to agree that Bush-Cheney broke the law and should be impeached (though he thanks them for it). So what are America's ace 'Action McNews' teams reporting on today if not the overthrow of the American Republic by Bush-Cheney?

CNN Headline News: The celebrity legal troubles of Paris Hilton and Phil Spector

MSGOP: Gas prices in the U.S., and Prince Harry not in Iraq

Faux News: Hey look! A mama bear and cub are loose in L.A.!

Elephant, if you're looking for sympathy for Libby or Wolfowitz, I don't think you're going to find it here. And by "here" I mean Planet Earth (outside the Bush-Cheney-Gop bubble).

Wolfowitz is one of the worst persons who has ever lived, responsible for killing/maiming perhaps a half-million or more mostly innocent persons in the name of the lies he and his neocon pals told about non-existent WMD and connections to 9/11, etc. So you'll have to excuse me if I could not care less whether or not he is being treated less than fairly in the scandal over his Libyan (not Persian) girlfriend, a mere dip in the road for this scumbag as he moves among lucrative sinecures in and around the military-industrial complex.

Boo fucking hoo. If there is a hell, Paul Wolfowitz will burn in it for what he has done; and he should count every day till then as a blessing. A blessing he has denied to uncountable numbers of victims who were better human beings than him in every sense.

Hitler & Eva Braun. Ferdinand & Imelda. Riff Raff & Magenta. Dr. Evil & Frau Farbissina.

To the list of doomed lovers caught in the birth pangs of brave new worlds, we now add Wolfie and Shaha Riza. A love so strong no contractual provision could bind it. A desire so powerful no mere ethics board could constrain it. Theirs was a passion so fierce it tore two nations apart, and extinguished the lives of a half-million people who got too close to the flame of their united vison of permanent U.S. bases atop the oil and untold carnal delight.

Neocon love: the love that dares not speak its name (except in the fortified Green Zone).

Oh, and Elephantdung: go whine about "the unfairness of it all" to someone who cares.

Elephantdung, don't be sad; I know what'll turn your frown upside down. Just for fun, remind us all why it was so crucial that Bill Clinton be impeached. C'mon, for old times sake, take us on a jog down memory lane past all your old talking points -- how it was really about more than consensual sex between adults, and how alleged but unproven perjury and obstruction of justice constitute "high crimes and misdemeanors", etc. Go ahead; it'll make you forget all about Libby and Wolfie and Shaha and Gonzo, and your failed occupation of a Muslim nation. You know you'll feel much better when you do.