Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts: This should surprise no one. Who at this point thinks Bush and his cronies have any concern with the rule of law? They feel justified in that the US is faced with a national emergency, a national threat of unprecedented proportion. …and they are right; the threat and the emergency is their reign of terror. I am incensed, however, that the New York Times sat on the story for a year at the dysadministration’s request and then redacted ‘sensitive’ information. On the other hand, did the timing of this story play a part in the Senate’s very welcome refusal to give a pass to the renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act? Kennedy and others certainly cited it in their outrage.