THIS SAYS IT ALL:
Eavesdropping is less heavy-handed than firing missiles or holding terrorists in detention. Supreme Court found it was appropriate to detain an American citizen for fighting alongside al-Qaida. "How can it be that merely listening to al-Qaida phone calls into and out of the country in order to disrupt their plots is not?"
http://www.thechief-leader.com/news/2006/0113/News/024.html
Report to Judge Faults Top DOT Brass in Crash; Calls Ferry Safety Chief Unqualified To Supervise
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS
A sentencing report related to the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash that left 11 people dead levied harsh criticism at Department of Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall and her Assistant Commissioner for Municipal Ferry Operations, Joseph Albano.