CNN.com reports that a federal court has ruled the NSA wiretapping and surveillance unconstitutional.

In no uncertain terms, U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, in Michigan, struck down the covert wiretapping, saying it “"violates the separation of powers doctrine, the Administrative Procedures Act, the First and Fourth amendments to the United States Constitution, the FISA and Title III."

Good news, and a good start.

Virtually no commentator or administration apologist has pointed out that the White House line that it is tapping only “foreign” calls is misleading.

Every personal computer in America receives transmissions from abroad. ISPs are at least as likely to be located somewhere offshore or overseas as in the U.S. Thus even the slightest looseness of wording in a “Patriot Act” or similar bill means, in effect, a practically unlimited license for surveillance of electronic communications. That White House line about “al Qaeda calling” is a falsity.