Quote Originally Posted by amsterdam
Perhaps you should take a class on law in America because it is not illegal. Are you dealing with foreign terrorists? If not, you have nothing to worry about.
Don't take that Limbaugh/Hannity accusatory tone with me.
See the 4th and 5th amendments...if they are tapping the phones or searching the homes of american citizens, get a warrant. it's not diffucult, especially for the NSA, CIA, FBI, Fed Marshall, etc. If we are dealing with people receiving calls from known terrorists in other countries, they have something like 72 hours after tapping the phones to get the warrant...no excuse for not following due process for american citizens. Then again, the feds have made a concerted effort to bypass the bill of rights for at least the last 100 years. especially the last 50 years. mind you, I'm not bashing bush or his admin specifically, but rather the entire system that has become so bloated and convuluted that these things can happen.

(1) Notwithstanding any other law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year if the Attorney General certifies in writing under oath thatā??
(A) the electronic surveillance is solely directed atā??
(i) the acquisition of the contents of communications transmitted by means of communications used exclusively between or among foreign powers, as defined in section 1801 (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this title; or
(ii) the acquisition of technical intelligence, other than the spoken communications of individuals, from property or premises under the open and exclusive control of a foreign power, as defined in section 1801 (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this title;
(B) there is no substantial likelihood that the surveillance will acquire the contents of any communication to which a United States person is a party; and