McWatchdog
USA TODAY, once belittled by many of us as McPaper,
has proved this week that it can excel in the glorious tradition of
watchdog journalism.
Leslie Cauley uncovered how the
National Security Agency has secretly collected the phone records of
tens of millions of Americans. I think Cauley's story and the New York
Times' prior revelations of domestic wiretapping rank in importance
with the best of Woodward's and Bernstein's Watergate work. The USA
Today Web site has also done an excellent job of packaging the story
with reactions, timelines and video.
usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-nsa_x.htm