“Willful disregard of a law is potentially an impeachable offense. It is at least as impeachable as having a sexual escapade under the Oval Office desk and lying about it later. The members of the House Judiciary Committee who staged the impeachment of President Clinton ought to be as outraged at this situation. They ought to investigate it, consider it carefully and report either a bill that would change the wiretap laws to suit the president or a bill of impeachment.”

The New York Times reveals the Bush administration has “traced and analyzed large volumes of telephone and Internet communications flowing into and out of the United States.” The Boston Globe has a related story about how the government has been tracking all American international communications.