The White House is launching a major p.r. offensive this week to build support for their illegal spying program. They have been in a frenzy to justify this illegal action since it was first leaked. Their response has been way overboard, which leads to the conclusion that they know it is illegal and are trying to prevent that from taking hold:
A number of Republicans have joined Democrats in challenging the surveillance program, pointedly reminding the administration that precedents established today will be in place whenever a Democrat returns to power.
"A lot of Democrats?" said one prominent Republican supporter of Mr. Bush, who did not want to be identified while being critical of a White House that famously does not brook criticism. "Democrats, Karl? Republicans, too."
David A. Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union, said: "A lot of conservatives are very skeptical about it. It is not as clean-cut a political win as the administration thinks that it is."
