General Hayden and Wire Tapping

General Hayden "defended" Bush's wiretapping by saying it was "successful", or something to that effect. That is like saying we ought to bring back the "rubber-hose" to extract confessions because that too was "effective" I was surprised to learn that the General has degrees in History--seems he didn't learn much: history has shown how despotism starts with such rationalizations.
The next argument is "do we want a CIA chief that uses such rationalizations to circumvent the Constitution of the United States?" There should be no gray areas regarding citizens rights--if anything there should be a legal "space" between what is legal and illegal regarding the Constitution. The "gray area" is prime territory for this Administration and its supporters. If they are found breaking the law, why then get the law changed and make it "legal".
What gets to me is they are still breaking the wire tapping law and flaunting it before the American People's faces; and their Representatives.
If GW or anyone in the Administration burned the American Flag everyone would be up in arms, yet GW and those in is Administration do worse to the Constitution and no one says a word about it. By worse I mean breaking that guarantee to the People that their rights will not be violated. The Flag is just a symbol, a colored rag--the Constitution is a Contract to the People by those in government that the government will not violate those rights so recognized and so stipulated in the Document. The People should be aware of what those rights are and extremely Jealous of Them, but apparently they are not. What then is all the hullaboo about? Freedom, Liberty, Justice? Get serious people--this is supposed to be YOUR Government, not a government for the Corporations, Zealots, Special Interests! It is high time that we, The People, took back our government, demanded good candidates to choose from, held them to some form of Contract, and booted them out if they didn't perform as promised. One can dream can't he?