Christiane, We Didn't Spy On You, Because That Would Be Illegal

That seems the response of the intelligence community on allegations that journalist Christiane Amanpour had been wiretapped. CNN reports that they were assured by a "senior US intelligence official" that Ms. Amanpour "has never been targetted by the National Security Agency, and nor has any other CNN journalist". Doing so would be illegal, you know. What did CNN expect- the NSA would admit to it if there is truth to the allegations? "Amanpour? Oh yea, we wiretapped the shit out of her. Ohh by the way Mr. Ensor, what you said to your father-in-law on the phone last night was quite rude".

Ideally, we should give the benefit of the doubt, but since the President admitted to breaking the law, all bets are off.

AmericaBlog has details- CNN covers Amanpour spy story

CNN and Amanpour herself said that they were unaware of the possibility she was wiretapped, according to MediaBistro.