A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing

And, I mean, I can only speak to the reporting, but people all the way up to the attorney general knew what was going on.” [More]

Here's the thing: If the federal "intelligence" apparatus is so finely tuned they can swoop down on a British tourist tweeting jokes from "Family Guy," what do you think the odds are they would be oblivious to an unfolding story that threatens to reach into the top levels of the administration? And how is it some guy in Alabama and another one in Ohio were getting and documenting all kinds of continually-corroborated information--for months--while the subjects of their reports remained blissfully unaware?

[Via Bob Owens]