We have nothing to fear

Our government is on the job. The FBI is doing a fine job ferreting out we terrorists. They are doing so even though the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has said no in many cases where the agency has asked to issue national security letters because "the 'facts' were too thin" and the "request implicated the target's First Amendment rights." But, thank God, the FBI's general counsel, Valerie Caproni, is wiser than the court and issued national security letters despite the court's prohibition. The Justice Department Inspector General has found hundreds of cases where the FBI violated our laws or their internal guidelines, but, hey, we're much safer because of it.

And, of course, our biggest protector, our President, is also doing his bit. He has emasculated one of the last groups which has the requisite independence and the power to oversee our intelligence activities, Intelligence Oversight Board. The article is by Charlie Savage of the Boston Globe; he won a Pulitzer Prize last year for his work on our leader's signing statements' strategy. Mr. Savage can't resist pointing out other things Mr. Bush has done to protect us. I felt a lot safer after reading this article.