Mission Accomplished

Just as with the bungled Jose Padilla case, the administration's actions in the NSA scandal could actually be hurting our ability to prosecute the war on terror:

Secret wiretaps could hurt prosecutions, experts warn

The Bush administration's decision to sometimes bypass the secretive U.S. court that governs terrorism wiretaps could threaten cases against terror suspects that rely on evidence uncovered during the disputed eavesdropping, some legal experts cautioned...