Posted on 12/20/2005 1:18:36 PM PST by Froufrou
I'm sure they do go to FISA when they need to MONITOR an individual over a period of time, but what would a judge do if the request was to DETECT who might call a particular phone number or to whom a phone number belongs or where that cell phone is, or if it is active or any number of other useful intelligence related to detection.
The NYT answer would be that the FISA Act changed the rules and installed controls. I disagree with the NYT in this case based upon the limited public info but then again I'm not a liberal who is out to Get Bush
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Can it be there's actually hope for Cornyn? I swear, I lovew being from Texas because we have such a 'legacy' in politics! SNORRFLE!
I've got the FISA Act. I was giving the NYT's answer to the question you raised. As I said I don't agree with them but I don't own barrels of ink like they do.
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These Presidential warrants are due to the TIME sensitive nature of the targeted call. If a suspected agent in the U.S is getting a call from OBL, the Dums and Msm would prefer that the investigators take 24 hours to get a warrant. The whole arguement by the left is assinine. Also they have the luxury of getting a Presidential Findings after the fact.<p. Since Jaime Gorelick specifically built a wall to prevent taps on the terrorists, Atta, et al. Could talk untill the cows come home, without fear that someone might be listening. For over ten years now the msm and the lefties in this country have been doing everything possible to give the terrorist a free hand to destroy Americans. Sick SOB's
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