Let's deal with the factual part then. Were the wiretaps stopped? Who deemed the FBI conducted illegal wiretaps? Why end the whole program due to errors of some wiretaps? It really doesn't "look" good here when you connect the dots and realize many lives could have been saved. This judge and court is just one failed part of the whole picture.
Due to our lack of human intelligence abilities and not having enough operatives to actually gather information you would think the judge would not have allowed the shutdown of this resource.
No, you're expecting the court to decide that FISA law was stupid out outdated and change it all on their lonesome. If it weren't for the patriot act, we'd still be under the very same restrictions. The Congress and President Clinton bear 100% responsibility for our inabilty to gather intelligence. That includes every single Republican in office at the time. Congress writes the legislation, not the FISA court.