Dead Racists Society

So y'all know by now that Bush has been spying on Americans. You probably have heard many of the excuses he's offered: it was actually legal, or we need to give up our freedoms or else the terrorists win, or we were only spying on people who were talking to foreigners.

But the best it this:

"The whole key here is agility," he said at a White House briefing before Bush's news conference. According to Hayden, most warrantless surveillance conducted under Bush's authorization lasts just days or weeks, and requires only the approval of a shift supervisor. Hayden said getting retroactive court approval is inefficient because it "involves marshaling arguments" and "looping paperwork around."

Right. "We didn't get approval because then we'd have to explain why this was necessary." Brilliant reasoning.