Well, we are seeing new revelations about the NSA warrantless spying program, and this one is a doozy:

While the N.S.A.’s operations in recent months have come under examination, new details are also emerging about earlier domestic-surveillance activities, including the agency’s attempt to wiretap a member of Congress, without court approval, on an overseas trip, current and former intelligence officials said.

(emphasis mine)

Great googly moogly!

This is why it needs to be pursued, and people need to be prosecuted, because this was not some sort of intelligence gathering operation, it was one of Dick Cheney’s moles trying to wiretap someone for political advantage.

The people who did this need to be rooted out, and have their clearances stripped, and senior folks who authorized this need to go to jail.