Majority Agrees: Snooping Needs Warrant

What a shocker. The majority of Americans who participated in a new poll say that the Bush administration should get a court-ordered warrant before eavesdropping on people inside the United States, “even if those calls might involve suspected terrorists.”

56 percent of respondents in an AP-Ipsos poll said the government should be required to first get a court warrant to eavesdrop on the overseas calls and e-mails of U.S. citizens when those communications are believed to be tied to terrorism.

Why, Mr. President—that’s an even bigger mandate than you got, sir.