Domingo Soto: Because Freedom Isn't Dumb

EVEN DOJ STALWARTS REPULSED BY SPYING ON CITIZENS
Yesterday's Frontline on governmental internal spying was informative but rather ho-hum, especially considering that it was put together by someone with the stature of Hedrick Smith. That James Yoo was highly placed in the Bush Administration is understandable. That he is a lawyer is downright scary. But even Big Brother Boosters have to concede that the concerns, like those voiced in the program, come from all sectors of this society.
In that vein, at Tuesday's hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey provided new details about an internal Justice Department rebellion against the White House's warrantless surveillance program in 2004. In remarks that drew stunned looks from senators, Comey - no smelly workshirt ACLU liberal he - described an White House effort to circumvent him in seeking reauthorization for the secret eavesdropping program while Comey was serving as acting attorney general.

READ THE NEW YORK TIMES STORY ABOUT THE INCIDENT
READ THE NEW YORK TIMES STORY ABOUT COMEY
(LAW.COM)