Of course, had he suggested wiretapping Catholic churches in Boston because there might be people raising funds for terrorist groups like the IRA, he'd have been run out of town on a rail. Of course this month it's Protestants who are doing the terrorism in Northern Ireland, and the IRA's gone fairly quiet, but in the past it might have been effective. Here in San Francisco nobody'd suggest tapping churches except to find peace groups or immigrant support groups; the bars on Geary street are where the IRA fundraisers go. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/09/15/wiretap_mosques_romney_... WASHINGTON -- Governor Mitt Romney raised the prospect of wiretapping mosques and conducting surveillance of foreign students in Massachusetts, as he issued a broad call yesterday for the federal government to devote far more money and attention to domestic intelligence gathering. In remarks that caused alarm among civil libertarians and advocates for immigrants rights, Romney said in a speech to the Heritage Foundation that the United States needs to radically rethink how it guards itself against terrorism. ... As he ponders a potential run for president in 2008, Romney has positioned himself as a homeland security expert: ....