[yarddog]

Quite a few Government agencies have the power to seize phone records and othe private info without a court order.

That is not the same thing as wiretaps tho. I for one think wiretaps of foreign terror suspects talking with Americans should not even be questioned. Of course we should be doing it.

[Velveeta]

Quite a few Government agencies have the power to seize phone records and othe private info without a court order.

But here, the names, payment history, etc of every single debit card customer was logged into the government database.

I for one think wiretaps of foreign terror suspects talking with Americans should not even be questioned.

I agree, completely.

[eyespysomething]

Quite a few Government agencies have the power to seize phone records and othe private info without a court order.

Who can?