Okay, then the ones who committed the crime are the ones who demanded the help of the Telecoms, not the telecoms.  They're just as much the victims as the rest of us.  But then again, I don't agree that the courts should be involved on spying that is done on foreign combatants and their covert agents.  As I believe Senator Kerry put it the other day, "Unless you have Al Quaeda on your speed dial, you have nothing to worry about."

Then again, I believe the Legislative and Judiciary branches are doing their best to expand their power and erode that of the Executive branch in ways that are unconstitutional.  Then again, the branches of government have been "finding rights" for their own power expansion since Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson.