Roving Wiretaps Capture a Terrorist 
The real story behind the unauthorized wiretaps authorized by President Bush probably concerns the source of the info. It appears the most likely explanation is that the Bush Administration did not want to have to tell a Federal judge that they were using information obtained from interrogations that violated the spirit and the letter of the Geneva Conventions.

Bush is a LIAR
George W. Bush, in Buffalo, NY, on April 20, 2004, at 9:49 a.m., talking about the USA Patriot Act:

The One that Got Away
CNN is reporting that Iraqi authorities had arrested Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian terrorist, in Ramadi, but mistakenly released him. Nic Roberts reported that Zarqawi had put on weight, grown a beard, removed a tattoo, and was using a Kurdish passport, making him unrecognizable to Iraqi security forces.

And after peaceful elections. . .
Dr Germ and Mrs Anthrax freed
The legal official, who asked not to be named, said those released also included Hossam Mohammed Amin, head of the weapons inspections directorate; Ibrahim al-Ani, an intelligence official; and Hamid al-Janabi, a prison director.