The government has abruptly ended an inquiry into the warrantless eavesdropping program because the National Security Agency refused to grant Justice Department lawyers security clearance.
"Without these clearances, we cannot investigate this matter and therefore have closed our investigation," Jarrett wrote.
"This administration thinks they can just violate any law they want, and they've created a culture of fear to try to get away with that. It's up to us to stand up to them," Hinchey said.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/10/domestic.spying.ap/index.html
This article is especially disturbing considering recent revelations about the NSA's huge database of domestic phone calls. With all of this wire-taping and data mining of American citizens how can any of us really trust this government again?
Are we really supposed to just turn our backs and trust our government so deeply, trust that these scoundrels and thieves will use all of the power and information we've let them gain wisely and in our best interest?
Big brother is watching us, and we don't even seem to give a damn, we're all to afraid or to stupid to realize that this country's own government poses a much larger threat to it's citizens then some cave-dwelling religious fanatics ever could.