"Vast New Spying Program Was Started in Secret on a Bogus Pretext"
by Chris Calabrese, ACLU
http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/vast-new-spying-program-was-started-secret-bogus
In short, an attack by a known foreign terror suspect was used to justify changes to rules about collecting information on US citizens.
Who doesn't love Eric Holder?
