Dennis in Wonderland

Dennis Kucinich is the only Congressperson that stayed out of the rabbit hole. Why is he the only one calling the administration out on this? The subtitle of the article says it all:

Rep. Dennis Kucinich warns that the assassination program means the U.S. government acts as the "investigator, policeman, prosecutor, judge, jury, executioner all in one."

Reminds me of a poem from my childhood:

           Fury said to a mouse,
                 That he met in the
                        house, 'Let us
                           both go to law:
                            I will prosecute
                          you.-- Come, I'll
                         take no denial;
                       We must have
                     a trial: For
                   really this
                 morning I've
               nothing to do.'
                   Said the mouse
                         to the cur,
                           'Such a trial,
                              dear Sir, With
                                  no jury or
                                judge, would
                               be wasting
                           our breath.'
                        'I'll be
                   judge, I'll
                 be jury,'
               Said cunning
             old Fury:
                'I'll try
                  the whole
                    cause, and
                        condemn
                            you
                              to
                               death.'

I ask again: How do Democrats defend this at all, when they opposed warrantless wiretapping and detention from Bush? How is this not a much bigger deal? We are all really in Wonderland.