The FISA court is what allows for classified warrants to be obtained by law enforcement directly. Without that court the reasons for those warrants would have to be made public, and potentially negate the need for the warrant.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 10:48 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [politics] nobody else seems to be concerned > > > Nick wrote: > > Now, the FISA law that setup the FISA court states that the Executive > Branch > > can order warrant-less wiretaps for up to one year, if it is longer than > one > > year then they must obtain a warrant. > > > > Good points and you may be right. In fact, after hearing from some > legal-minded people, I'm thinking that FISA is actually an irrelevant > law. That is, it's a feel good law that isn't needed by Presidents to > order wiretaps. > > I'm hoping this gets straighteneed out fast, and that it becomes > illegal for the President to order this if it's not already. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:189828 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
