Up on the Board: Liu’s legal marijuana, NSA’s ‘unintentional’ surveillance

The editorial board is fascinated by New York City mayoral candidate John Liu’s call for legalizing marijuana – so he can tax it. Liu thinks the idea could pump $400 million a year into the city’s coffers. We’ve favored medical marijuana, but not an outright legalization. But, hey, we haven’t heard any better revenue-raising ideas in this campaign, and times change. Remember Prohibition?

And we’re very concerned about an internal NSA audit that says there have been thousands of “unintentional” surveillance incidents – interception of emails and telephone calls – on U.S. soil. The Obama administration’s response to the leaked audit has also been troubling.

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