Last night, the first episode of Frontline‘s United States of Secrets aired, going deep into the history of „The Program,“ which is what the Bush (really Cheney) White House referred to the NSA program to spy on Americans based on incredibly shaky legal theories — theories that were locked in a safe in Michael Hayden‘s office at the NSA, which almost no one was allowed to see. If you want additional background or summaries of the episode, Monday night‘s Fresh Air was great, including interviews with both the director of the program as well as Bill Binney and Kirk Wiebe — two NSA whistleblowers (who we‘ve mentioned before) who had their lives turned upside down due to totally bogus FBI raids, which were clearly a response to their whistleblowing activities. Another great summary comes from PRI‘s The World.