LIght Blogging Till Friday

Occasionally as an editor, I have the experience of a producer up in my grill every minute of the day, not letting me get a moment to... well, screw around on the blogs. With the exception of this moment, today is one of those days. And it'll be that way for another couple.

On an up note, I should have some very good stories once this is done.


On an uppier note, NSA wiretapping is now subject to court approval. If this is accurate, it's a stunning reversal. Glenn Greenwald says hold the Champale.

...there is no way to discern exactly what this new framework is between the administration and the FISA court because the only evidence describing it is Gonzales' letter, which is quite vague in a number of respects about exactly what has happened.

But ultimately, there are only two options -- (1) the administration is now complying fully and exclusively with FISA when eavesdropping, in which case all of its prior claims that it could not do so and still fight against The Terrorists are false, or (2) the administration has changed its eavesdropping program some, but it is still not fully complying with FISA, in which case nothing of significance has changed (at least on the lawbreaking issues) because the administration is still violating the law.

Haven't been able to dive into this much, obviously, so I'll reserve judgment.