"Sorry, but the government has gone overboard here and is probably in violation of the law. See we have a Bill of Rights that precludes spying on citizens without a warrant."
Please could you show which Right within the Bill of Rights protects terrorists? National security I do believe trumps terrorists rights, that is unless one follows the liberal method of operation. Liberalism has replace the Bill of Right with 'civil rights', so even under liberalism those Bill of Rights do not apply.
You are using a specious argument. Since when does a President get to just declare an American citizen a terrorist and then be done with it? What if Hillary Clinton gets into office and declares you a terrorist and conducts a warentless wiretap on you, just because she can?
The Bill of Rights applies to American Citizens.