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Al Qaeda has had plenty of time to figure out how to avoid government prying into its communications with associates in the United States, says a congressman overseeing U.S. intelligence, and that probably means the eavesdropping is no longer effective.
“Does anyone really believe that, after 50 days of having this program on the front page of our newspapers, across talk shows across America, that Al Qaeda has not changed the way that it communicates?” asked Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.).
In his State of the Union address two weeks ago, President Bush said the once top-secret program “remains essential to the security of America.”
