Lying About Spying

Just in case anybody actually trusts a politician or believes what one says:

At the White House, spokesman Scott McClellan was asked to explain why Bush last year said, "Any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so." McClellan said the quote referred only to the USA Patriot Act.

The story tells about a FISA judge who resigned in protest over revelations that he and his ten other colleagues had been by-passed by the Bush Administration and NSA, who are supposed to go to him to get warrants before planting wiretaps.