Larry Klayman, professional "lunatic"

I missed this CNN, uh, interview, and the Politico piece covering it focuses more on host Don Lemon's clash with the vampiric NSA-slayer Larry Klayman than it does co-guest Jeffrey Toobin's remarks, but the latter couldn't be more appropriate:  

This case is based on Larry Klayman’s tin-foil hat paranoia about the NSA being after him. He had some fantasy that the NSA was after him. This case is not about Larry Klayman, it’s about the metadata program that affects everybody, but the idea that Larry Klayman is the representative is simply outrageous. He is a professional litigant and lunatic who should not be a representative of the very important issues of this case.

Of course one could argue (with no double entendre intended) that Klayman's admissible standing and, what's more, victory in the case speaks to some absolute blindness of justice (although I wouldn't make that argument myself, having experienced firsthand the bug-eyed bias of some courts).

But still, Toobin is right. Klayman's involvement conveys a definite contamination of what otherwise would have been a perfect test case of executive authority and its constitutional boundaries. In time the case will be seen through eyes of historic irony, but for those of us who must suffer the many lunatic Klaymans of today, it's just kind of sickening.