> can’t believe that this has not been discussed openly by the Biden administration

We're still figuring out what happened [1].

> it's an utter embarrassment that was inevitable from the moment Lawful Intercept was conceived

By this measure, the American IC should be all over China's secrets.

I don't like wiretaps either. But wiretaps can be done securely. Or at least more securely than we do them.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/us/politics/chinese-hack-...