> Well, that's a textbook example of confirmation bias. There was an awful lot of news about NSLs & friends when GW Bush was in office. He signed the damn Patri

> Well, that's a textbook example of confirmation bias. There was an awful lot of news about NSLs & friends when GW Bush was in office. He signed the damn Patriot Act! I was unclear. I meant that you didn't hear the "it's how the system works" defense/excuse offered above very often. Instead you heard "those evil Repubs/Bush", and, as you point out, it got a lot of play. Now that Obama is in office, these things don't get nearly as much play. What little there is is a combination of "that evil Obama" and the above defense.