It appears that the GOP congress is finally getting it regarding wire tapping and aggressive searches. Via
The Stakeholder I found this
Roll Call Article about House Republicans "growing uneasy with the increasingly aggressive tactics being employed by the Justice Department..." It appears that they are beginning to understand our outrage.
Or are they?
more from the article...
Here is what the whole graf about becoming "uneasy" said.
Some House Republicans are growing uneasy with the increasingly aggressive tactics being employed by the Justice Department in its burgeoning corruption probe of Congress, questioning whether federal investigators have gone too far in their techniques.
While Congress has virtually no recourse, some Members said last week that the Justice Department's probe had begun to irk them because of reports of wiretaps, searches on Congressional grounds, open-ended document requests and demands to interview committee aides.
hmmm. So the problem isn't that ordinary Americans are being spied on, it's that THEY are being spied on. There is no problem in their minds if Mike S gets wire tapped, he is an active Democrat/terra-ist after all, but God forbid that real Americans like themselves be subjected to the same thing.
One of the mantras from the right is "If you aren't doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about." Yet in typical GOP hypocritical fashion the same does not apply to them.
"I think Members of Congress are high-profile targets," said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), who has remained friendly with ex-lobbyist Abramoff throughout that probe. "Prosecutors will go after those targets in a much more energetic fashion."
That's right. Dana, I love the Taliban, Rohrbacker is concerned that the Justice Dept will go after a group that has been engaging in illegal activities.