I Only Spy On You Because I Love You, Baby

Update on the story that government is illegally spying on Americans...

President 'The Constitution is just a goddamned piece of paper' Bush has responded in typical Bush fashion- by refusing to give an actual response. Hey, it's not like this is an important issue like Tom Delay's innocence here.

Bush Won't Discuss Report of NSA Spying

President Bush refused to say whether the National Security Agency eavesdropped without warrants on people inside the United States but leaders of Congress condemned the practice on Friday and promised to look into what the administration has done.

"There is no doubt that this is inappropriate," said Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He said there would be hearings early next year and that they would have "a very, very high priority." He wasn't alone in reacting harshly to the report. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said the story, first reported in Friday's New York Times, was troubling...

Here's some evasive remarks from Bush in an interview Jim Lehrer did:
"[W]e do not discuss ongoing intelligence operations to protect the country. And the reason why is that there's an enemy that lurks, that would like to know exactly what we're trying to do to stop them.

I will make this point. That whatever I do to protect the American people — and I have an obligation to do so — that we will uphold the law, and decisions made are made understanding we have an obligation to protect the civil liberties of the American people."

And if you believe that, I have WMDs in Iraq I'd like to sell you.

The Washington Post chimes in on the story too: Bush Authorized Domestic Spying

But hope does grow stronger... the Senate is fighting the Patriot Act:
Senate Rejects Extension of Patriot Act

The Senate on Friday refused to reauthorize major portions of the USA Patriot Act after critics complained they infringed too much on Americans' privacy and liberty, dealing a huge defeat to the Bush administration and Republican leaders...