NSA may be listening to non-terror-suspects

From the Senate hearings:

Senator Joe Biden (D-NJ): “Can you assure us, General, you are fully, totally informed and confident that you know the absolute detail with which this program is being conducted? Can you assure us you personally can assure us no one is being eavesdropped upon in the United States other than -- other than someone who has a communication that is emanating from foreign soil by a suspected terrorist, al Qaeda, or otherwise?”

Attorney General Gonzales: “Sir, I can't give you absolute assurance.”

Well, you know what that means, don't you? It means that they ARE eavesdropping on people not suspected of being terrorists. Even the vast majority of those they do "suspect" turn out not to have any links to terrorists, according to the Washington Post yesterday. But, this almost certainly means they are even going beyond that. I'm sure Karl Rove has his ear to the taps, and we already know that Bolton got some transcripts of tapped conversations. I'd say it's a near certainty that they're listening in to the Democrats.