Greg Sargent has an interesting post about how the politics of the NSA wiretapping will play out in congress. I don’t agree with all of it, but it’s worth a read.

I’d also note that it’s pretty revealing that for all their harsh rhetoric, I haven’t heard any Democratic Congressional leaders actually call for the termination of the NSA program (though maybe I missed it). If they all believe it is illegal on its face, you’d think they’d do that. Obviously, their motive lies more in politics than legal analysis. But the longer Congress knows about something “illegal” and refuses to do anything about it, at some point, it becomes difficult for that not to seem like tacit approval.