Cops complain about lawyers spying on them, getting info secretly.

Well, .... the shoe is on the other foot is seems with regards to who is spying on whom.

A lawyer investigating leaks in the probe of a Poconos casino operator obtained cell-phone records for prosecutors and state police - raising concerns in Pennsylvania's law enforcement community that others could use the same tactics to compromise sensitive investigations.

Standard PATRIOT Act-syle stuff, right?

It seems that it's not because the spying activity - gathering effective information about the POLICE to be used in a legal case - is NOT what the PATRIOT Act is about. This just stands it on it's head.

Savor the shoe being on the other foot for a moment:

The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association and state lawmakers are already talking about legislation to plug what they say is a gap in state law that allows defense attorneys to subpoena telephone records of law enforcement agencies, and others, without notice.

"We're very concerned about the potential havoc this could cause," said Kathleen McDonald of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, legislative liaison for the state association. She said the association would discuss the matter this weekend in Erie.

"We're going to look into legislation to make sure that people's privacy rights, particularly in law enforcement, are protected," she said.

OMG! People's privacy rights are being infringed upon! How terrible! This must be stopped!

Some Americans are very upset about the sellout of the Dems to Bush about FISA and how the "modernization" of the FISA laws allows unfettered spying on Americans. (Yes it does. Shut up.) Other's, clearly, have NOT paid it any attention.

Note that's not a problem until "commoners"  - especially those anti-american trial lawyers - can use the SAME EXACT MECHANISMS to "invade the privacy" of "law enforcement".

Did they just not pay attention to the FISA sellout?

This was all about destroying the "right to privacy" and obliterating the pesky 4th Amendment that directly puts America at risk from whatever the current topic of fearmongering happens to be.

Now the SAME sort of mechanism has come around to bite them in the ass and they feel they need to "protect police's privacy tights".

My sides split with laughter at their "Constitutional Expertise."