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Jamie S. Gorelick, a deputy attorney general under President Bill Clinton, pressed the issue of individual privacy. In a crisis, she said, "Americans need to know that they should not expect to have their cellphone and other communications to be private -- not if the government is going to have to take aggressive action to tamp down the threat."

Hey Jaimie I have three words for you.
And so you don't tax your brain here's a hint: Two are 'Go' & 'yourself'.

Even during WWII that fascist FDR₍₁₎ didn't have every phone tapped or letter sent via US Mail opened. Nor was every Radio confiscated, including two way Ham Radios. And as I was told, WWII was a pretty big 'crisis'. (fricken moron)

(1) FDR had many people 'disappear'. One was a person (code translator) who worked at the US Embassy in London before 12-7-41. He was going to go to Republicans in the US Senate with his info. FDR would have been impeached for collusion with Churchill.

The government did not confiscate radios, but it did shut down the Ham Radio service for the duration of WWII. Of course a large number of Hams did join the military as radio operators. There may have been a few remainders who continued to operate but certainly not in large numbers.

Of course we were a more compliant society back then. I couldn't say that I would abide by a Ham Radio shutdown due to some crisis today. Indeed, I am prepared to operate under stealth if necessary.