F-ing bureaucrats, the lot of you. The wiretaps are targeting phone calls where one of the parties is a suspected (or proven) terrorist overseas who is talking to someone in the U.S., presumably not to plan the next family get-together.
The President does not need a warrant to send spy planes to listen in on terrorist conversations in Afghanistan. Why would he then need a warrant just because that same terrorist made a call to New York? This is a global war, not a global police action. The NSA is a big part of the war effort, and electronic intelligence is a big part of what they do. Too many people are caught up in the semantics of the situation. This is not a traditional war between states. This is an asymmetrical war against non-state actors. Our rules of warfare need to adapt to the reality of that situation if we intend to win this war. I don't like the invasion of privacy any more than the next guy, but it is a necessary tool of the government in the war effort. >Wait... because the information is worthless in prosecution, they way I >understand it the FISA court is never, not available. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194619 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
