[quote=CA renter]The govt doesn’t need warrants, silly-billies!
… All wiretapping of American citizens by the National Security Agency requires a warrant from a three-judge court set up under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. After the 9/11 attacks, Congress passed the Patriot Act, which granted the President broad powers to fight a war against terrorism. The George W. Bush administration used these powers to bypass the FISA court and directed the NSA to spy directly on al Qaeda in a new NSA electronic surveillance program. Reports at the time indicate that an “apparently accidental” “glitch” resulted in the interception of communications that were purely domestic in nature.[5] This action was challenged by a number of groups, including Congress, as unconstitutional.
It’s just an “accident” when they tap phone lines of American citizens or residents who might be “domestic terrorists.”[/quote]
Yep. EXACTLY CA Renter…. Man, with this “Patriot Act” the government can get away with anything these days. It’s scary and shocking but really not much we can do.
These government “bureaucrats” in one respect are probably happy after 9/11 which is just horrifying so they could shove things like the Patriot Act in our faces.
