Pocket guide

For anyone still unconvinced of the less-than-honest nature of the rationale being peddled by the Bush Administration for its domestic surveillance activities, Arianna Huffington offers this "handy pocket guide" to the sorry affair. And to those of you who still insist on calling opponents of this illegal policy "defeatists" or "traitors" or "America haters", let me try to make a few things clear:

1. Yes, of course we want intelligence gathered on potential terrorist activity within the U.S. To believe otherwise would be, in a word, idiotic.

2. That's precisely why we support the existence of FISA, its special court, and the easily-followed procedures already established for just such vital surveillance.

3. Since said legal procedure does in fact exist, there is no justifiable reason for the President to circumvent it. None. Zip. Nada.

4. The fact that Mr. Bush has repeatedly skirted this legal process can only be attributed to arrogance, laziness, or an ulterior motive not yet revealed. Maybe a combination of all three.

5. And no matter how you try to spin it, the President's actions have knowingly violated the law. Game. Set. Match.

What is it that Bush apologists find so hard to understand about this?