And the Snoopgate story continues. The New York Times reports that lawyers across the nation are preparing to hit the government with "legal challenges to determine whether the National Security Agency used illegal wiretaps against several dozen Muslim men tied to Al Qaeda."
Lawyers are also considering a civil suit against King George.
NY Times:
The lawyers said in interviews that they wanted to learn whether the men were monitored by the agency and, if so, whether the government withheld critical information or misled judges and defense lawyers about how and why the men were singled out.
The expected legal challenges, in cases from Florida, Ohio, Oregon and Virginia, add another dimension to the growing controversy over the agency's domestic surveillance program and could jeopardize some of the Bush administration's most important courtroom victories in terror cases, legal analysts say.
Jeralyn at Talkleft has lots more and sums up the situation nicely:
"We don't convict on secret evidence in the U.S.... yet."
Reddhedd at firedoglake has more.
Bush Snoopgate NSA Spying Eavesdropping King George
