Lagging a few years behind the liberal media, public opinion and common sense, the justice system has come to the conclusion that President Geroge W. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program broke the rules.

Lawyers fighting the government on this sometimes have had to overcome extraordinary obstacles. Try proving your client was actually spied on by a secret program. Throw in a government, under both Bush and President Barack Obama, that cries “state secrets!” every time you get close.

It’s thanks only to a few missteps on Uncle Sam’s part that lawyers in this case were able to show heavy breathing on the other end of the line, so to speak. — PZS