They, "the DOJ" is just trying to do it's job, as they are under the microscope due to the fumbles that led to the compromises by an
obviously
inept predecessor. Now, they are tighten the screws on everything from telecoms to bank accounts; to prevent another round of fumbled information resulting in a preventable issue going unchecked.
If you mean the 'misplaced' information surrounding the 9/11 hijackers, I'm not sure any amount of wiretapping/snooping would have ever changed the situation. The problem was more related to, according to news reports and senate (house?) hearings/testimony, miscommunications inside each of the parts of the DoJ/CIA/NSA. All the wiretapping in the world wont get information passed correctly inside these organizations.
Smoke screen efforts are less helpful and are simple diversions from the reality of the problem.
I disagree, as there are listening stations in almost every language that have been very useful; I've seen them, built them some over the years and watched others start-up, . The DOJ needs to be able to do the same with the voip/networks/internet and soon intranet. A few of the major ISP's / Mail Houses already have special contracts running Kenan's SQL over the mail archives before they are expunged. I imagine that issue will soon apply to us all here in the US. You are correct that there is nothing that is going to make a government organizations work or actually do their job; with exception of obtaining yet another holiday. -Peter