No. The ruckus is about recording domestic -- US phone to US phone -- calls without warrants. Even for international calls, the tap was made by identifying the domestic line, which requires a warrant. They were spying in people in the US specifically, rather than in the course of tapping foreign phones.
--Ben Sam wrote: > On 1/26/06, Ben Doom wrote: > >> What they were not allowed to do, and they have been doing, is tapping >> calls made in the US without a warrant. > > Well I don't think they're tapping individual phones in the US. They > are tapping the al Qaeda phones even if the call originated in the US. > So if you call a suspected criminal that's being tapped overseas you > get recorded. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194596 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
