Surprised? No. (I tried to point this out a long time ago).

Disgusted? Yes.

If you - or anyone else here - doesn't particularly care for the idea of the governments' being allowed to spy on you at will, for no reason, illegally, you might want to visit this link

http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=283

and let your Representatives know about it. (I've c&p'd their letter and FAX'ed it from here to both my Senators and my Representative, too - I suggest you do the same).

Just think - if people would have heeded the warnings prior to the 'patriot' act re-authorization, we wouldn't even have to be dealing with the aftermath now.

The 'patriot' act re-authorization (which included the NSL provisions) passed BARELY by two votes in the House of Representatives.

How many people do you think it would have taken - writing, phoning, FAX'ing and emailing their Reps in opposition to the re-authorization - to have changed that result?

Unless we act now, it'll never get straightened out - and this is irrefutable PROOF that it needs to be. Pete