AND THE 2008 FOX BUTTERFIELD AWARD GOES TO...:

Domestic spying far outpaces terrorism prosecutions: As more Americans are watched, fewer cases are made. The trend concerns civil liberties groups as well as some lawmakers and legal experts (Richard B. Schmitt, 5/12/08, Los Angeles Times)

The number of Americans being secretly wiretapped or having their financial and other records reviewed by the government has continued to increase as officials aggressively use powers approved after the Sept. 11 attacks. But the number of terrorism prosecutions ending up in court -- one measure of the effectiveness of such sleuthing -- has continued to decline, in some cases precipitously.

Because, after all, if we were winning the WoT there'd be a lot more terrorism, right?

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 12, 2008 11:02 AM