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Richard Henry
Jim Thompson said:Richard said:[snip]
I agree that monitoring communications between US citizens and unfriendly
foreigneers is in the US national interest. In fact, Congress agrees, so
much so that they set up a special secret court to issue the necessary
warrants so that the Bill of Rights is not trashed in the process.
That court (the FISA court) will even grant subpoenas after the fact.
So, why is George opposed to using them? My guess is that the wiretaps
in question have nothing to do with the war on terrorism. Its more
likely that the administration is venturing into areas like industrial
espionage or putting together lists of 'Friends of George' and 'Enemies
of George'.
Bull puckey.
But George IS "listening" in on calls that end up yielding no
subpoena-worthy information.
And you apparently have no problem with that.
If you are blind listening to calls from "over there" what do you
expect?
To end up in court on the wrong end of a warrant.
In this day and age, I'd call it "Googling" ;-)
Historically, it has been known as "spying".