Yeah I think the Republicans screwed that whole thing up as well, but the problem was, most Americans didn't care. And with this who thing? Most American's don't care. To be honest if there wasn't a war on I'd be pretty upset about the pattern searching bit, even though it is legal from everything I've seen. The bit about monitoring phone calls between Americans and outside agencies however has been going on since this country started. Like it or not (and I don't), I don't think that practice will ever change and I don't think it's illegal. As for the FISA court, I think it probably should be abolished because it has become to politicized and become rather partisan.