[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

To win a court-approved wiretap, the government must show "probable cause" that the target of the surveillance is a member of a foreign terrorist organization or foreign power and is engaged in activities that "may" involve a violation of criminal law.

Faced with that standard, Bamford said, the Bush administration had difficulty obtaining FISA court-approved wiretaps on dozens of people within the United States who were communicating with targeted al-Qaida suspects inside the United States.

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Bamford was on Washington Journal the other day with Tousing(sp?) and she was consistently nailing him with some of his observations!!! I didn't like the guy.....

Bamford, author of "Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency" and "The Puzzle Palace: Inside America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization."

[Pragmatic_View]

Just being in an Al Qaeda phonebook, or being called by an AQ terrorist is more than sufficient probably cause, or should be.