Three Down, One To Go ... Fascist Dictatorship, Here We Come:
"We now have a government that has virtually no oversight functioning against the White House. The Congress has gone into a virtual comatose state. The Fourth Estate--the journalists -- are carrying now the entirety of that check and balance. (Bush's efforts to prosecute journalists) will eliminate that and it would create, in my view, a very dangerous instability at a very dangerous time, and people have got to look at this quite seriously."

Bush Appointee at FCC Refuses To Investigate NSA Domestic Spying:
"The Federal Communications Commission has told a Democratic congressman that they cannot investigate the National Security Agency's domestic data mining program because it is classified ..."

Verizon Collaborating With Bush On State Secrets Privilege?
"Telecom giant Verizon is refusing to confirm or deny participation in the illegal National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapping program ... The company further claimed such information is protected by the 'state-secrets privilege' ... surprised to see Verizon make the state-secrets argument because only the government, not private entities, can assert that privilege ... Use of the state-secrets argument indicates that Verizon lawyers may have worked closely with federal government lawyers in drafting a response to the commission ..."