Well said! The principle is so fundamental to this country's constitutional foundation that I find it nothing short of truly scary that the Senate passed the immunity legislation. As has been so eloquently said, ours is a "government of the people, BY the people and for the people". Each of us has a responsibility to stand up for the fundamental safeguards of our freedoms. The reality is that many individuals are not in a position to take the personal risk to do so. But isn't it fair to expect that those who are -- especially a megacompany like AT&T who has shown itself to be essentially immune from government retaliation and who got that way on the backs of citizens who have little choice but to pay exorbitant prices for their services -- would do the right thing and protect their customers from unreasonable -- and probably unwarranted -- intrusion into their personal lives? As you suggest, this is not a complicated legal issue. And lord knows, the phone companies have some very smart lawyers handy. Do they really believe the wiretaps are legal? Who is watching our backs? I realize this post drips with naiveté, but wrong is wrong.