The Criminal N.S.A. Eavesdropping Program

Glenn Greenwald: It's been obvious for more than four years that Bush, Cheney, N.S.A. Director (and former C.I.A. Director) Michael Hayden and many other Bush officials broke the law -- committed felonies -- in spying on Americans without warrants.  Yet another federal judge has now found their conduct illegal.  If we were a country that actually lived under The Rule of Law, this would be a huge story, one that would produce the same consequences for the lawbreakers as a bank robbery, embezzlement or major drug dealing.  But since we're not such a country, it isn't and it doesn't.