BACK TO BACK TO (NOT THE 20th HIJACKER)'S COMPUTER

OK, Hauser caught me being sloppy on my last post on FISA. The best guess of the FBI is that Moussaoui was NOT "the 20th Hijacker", but was instead an al Qaeda operative on another mission. I'll be honest with you, I hate spelling the guy's name, and I got lazy.

I would love to respond to the rest of his email (which as you can guess was none too positive about the Stuart Taylor piece) but to be honest there are a number of critical facts we both don't know. For example, is there any legal support for the contention that this case was not a slam dunk? How often had the FISC turned down warrant requests prior to 9/11? What's the whole story behind the wiretapping affidavit scandal? Without knowing more, I can't really add anything productive to the issue of FISA reform.