Biggest threats to national security: terrorism and paperwork?

So the House dems stood their ground and didn't listen to Bush's warnings that we're all going to die if the Protect America Act wasn't renewed. Well, apparently the sky isn't falling (which is always good to hear). The real tragedy is that now the Bush administration will have to, oh I don't know, obtain warrants to spy on people and...provide reasons for suspicion to a court. You know...the legal process that is so tedious and uneccessary. Not to mention there are still stipulations that permit a period of surveillance before securing a warrant. Apparently that's not enough. We need to be able to spy for an infinite period of time on whoever we please for our own reasons that we won't share with you because...paperwork sucks. Wow.