Surely,

innocent people can’t object to the government spying on them — what do you have to hide? Lost freedoms mean little if the government

can’t keep us completely safe from those who hate freedom. Double-plus good. mjh

FBI says it sometimes taps wrong

phone lines

The FBI says it sometimes gets the wrong number when it intercepts conversations in terrorism

investigations, an admission critics say underscores a need to revise the Patriot Act’s wiretap provisions.

The FBI would

not say how often these mistakes happen. And, though any incriminating evidence mistakenly collected is not legally admissible

in a criminal case, there is no way of knowing whether it is used to begin an investigation.