Reply #21: Today's New York Times [View All]

has an article that makes clear that the program is far larger than the White House has cared to admit. While I have not had time to read the entire article yet, I think that it confirms the spying was geared at collecting information from a wide range of people.

While I am aware that there is a segment of Americans who are represented by the poor fool I saw this week on Fox News saying he didn't care if the government listened to his phone calls -- but who lacks the capacity to see how that is exactly what the USSR's government did, causing Americans to fear the oppressive nature of Soviet state -- there are many, many republicans who recognize the dangers posed by this form of government invasion on constitutional rights.

It is the type of issue that can serve to unite thinking people against an imperial presidency.