Bar association to oppose domestic spying:

"Contrary to polls showing Americans divided on the issue, 'our poll shows that average Americans and legal scholars alike agree that the awesome power of the government to penetrate citizens' most private communications must not be held in one set of hands,' ABA President Michael Greco said Friday at group's annual midyear meeting in Chicago. 'To prevent the very human temptation to abuse the power, there must be checks and balances in the form of oversight by the courts and Congress.'"