Sometimes, you need to ask. Why?

The present administration has made no bones about its apologist approach to Muslim countries and this president has done more bowing and scraping to Muslims than a house painter with a putty knife.

So when I see articles like this? Especially on the heels of Obama's recent revelations that "America can absorb a significant terrorist attack?" I have to stop and ask myself "what purposes are being served by these pursuits.

U.S. Pushes to Ease Technical Obstacles to Wiretapping

WASHINGTON — Law enforcement and counterterrorism officials, citing lapses in compliance with surveillance orders, are pushing to overhaul a federal law that requires phone and broadband carriers to ensure that their networks can be wiretapped, federal officials say.

The officials say tougher legislation is needed because some telecommunications companies in recent years have begun new services and made system upgrades that create technical obstacles to surveillance. They want to increase legal incentives and penalties aimed at pushing carriers like Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast to ensure that any network changes will not disrupt their ability to conduct wiretaps.
An Obama administration task force that includes officials from the Justice and Commerce Departments, the F.B.I. and other agencies recently began working on draft legislation to strengthen and expand a 1994 law requiring carriers to make sure their systems can be wiretapped. There is not yet agreement over the details, according to officials familiar with the deliberations, but they said the administration intends to submit a package to Congress next year.

I believe I know the purposes afoot by these actions. This is not about terrorism or the FBI's ability to protect us against terrorism. This is about the FBI's and other law enforcement agencies domestic surveillance capabilities. Something this administration has no qualms about tapping into.

And right now, this administration feels threatened and they are pulling out all stops to insure that their capabilities to peek under our skirts are not complicated or denied. And that includes apparently, criminal prosecution of all telecommunications providers who don't immediately dance to their tune.

Stay tuned folks. (pun intended)