Senate Moves to Shield Phone Companies on Eavesdropping

Yesterday, the Senate approved the President's "warrantless wiretapping program, which allowed the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans' International communications without a court warrant if they were suspected of having terrorist ties".

Isn't this just one more excuse from the government, to attack citizens personal privacy, while we are not even allowed to know what the Oval office is doing most of the time!