it is a felony to eavesdrop on Americans without warrants and yet that is what the Bush administration did.

the NSA warrantless wiretapping scandal is as clear-cut as can be: The 1978 FISA law makes it a felony to engage in surveillance of Americans without a warrant.The administration’s laughable legal “defense” notwithstanding, the President has been ordering the NSA to commit felonies for over five years…and has recently successfully pressured the feckless Democrats into legalizing it. As Glenn says: “It is not hyperbole to say that government lawbreaking has become formally legitimized.”