Oh Gosh

Now this I have GOT to post. From "Secrets & Lies" -Bruce Schneier, copyright 2004:

A spate of illegal FBI wiretaps in Florida and a subsequent cover-up got some press in 1992; the 150 or so illegal wiretaps by the Los Angeles Police Department have gotten more. (Drugs were involved, of course; more than one person has pointed out that the war on drugs seems to be the root password to the U.S. Constitution.) J. Edgar Hoover regularly used illegal wiretaps to keep tabs on his enemies. And 25 years ago a sitting president used illegal wiretaps in an attempt to stay in power.
Things seem to have improved since the days of Hoover and Nixon, and I have many reasons to hope we won't be back ther again.

Is that very disturbing to anyone else? Except now it's not the 'war on drugs', it's the 'war on terrorism'. At this point I wouldn't particularly be surprised if 2008 rolls around and there's some 'extreme terrorist threat' or attack and it would be too dangerous to hold an election. Listen very carefully. If that happens, get your gun and meet me at the White House.

Hmm.. I wonder if the Secret Service considers that statement a threat.... If I disappear we'll all know why.