Opinion: Left-rail roundup: NSA, 9th Circuit, EPA

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NSA still needs more oversight: The new Congress should give top priority to regulating the NSA’s domestic surveillance program.

The 9th Circuit’s deserved slap: Supreme Court rebuff in death penalty case points to a recurring problem with the appeals panel.

More politicized science at the EPA: The Environmental Protection Agency is making it official: Bush appointees, not scientists, will have the first say on air-quality standards.