Quote of the day

Today's quote of the day comes from Ramesh Ponnuru in the Corner, talking about the ridiculous failure of the Senate to renew the Patriot Act.

Let's imagine that intelligence agents have discovered that suspected Al Qaida agent Mohammed Atta is in the United States and that he has hired another individual to work for him. Under the Patriot Act legislation being considered now, it will be easier for the federal government to subpoena records in order to make sure that Atta is paying that individual the minimum wage than it will be to obtain records to find out if Atta is using him to engage in international terrorism...