NSA roundup

Glenn Greenwald argues that despite the Republican's stonewalling in the House and Senate, the NSA investigations won't be coming to an end anytime soon. And it's quite a political football the GOP has fumbled if it turns out to be a bigger scandal than it already is.

Kansas Senator Pat Roberts is tired of being called the White House lapdog:

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Friday that he wanted the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program brought under the authority of a special intelligence court, a move President Bush has argued is not necessary.

The chairman, Senator Pat Roberts, Republican of Kansas, said he had some concerns that the court could not issue warrants quickly enough to keep up with the needs of the eavesdropping program. But he said he would like to see those details worked out.

My understanding is that Roberts now wants the FISA court to have oversight of a program they should have had oversight of to begin with. This counters Mike DeWine's proposal which would exempt the President's eavesdropping from the courts.

And the President is now being sued by a former congressional aide and Republican for subjecting him to illegal surveillance