Too bad for you you are not a Judge therefore your opinion on the legality of all this is irrelevant. I know a lot of Freepers are really surprised by this but we are a Constitutional Republic, not a Democracy. You don't get to vote on this.
Ronald Kessler was interviewd by Stuart Varney (Cavuto) and what I found interesting was his explanation of WHY it was NOT sufficient for Bush to get FISA warrants, pre or post wiretaping. (Dems always say that he had 72 hours after the fact to get one and there is no excuse.) This is what he said:
Apparently if Bin Laden were calling someone in the States, who proceeded to give Bin Laden information about the next attack, under FISA law, the only information FISA could legally provide Bush is Bin Laden's side of the conversation. NONE of what the person in the US had to say OR their telephone number could legally be provided by FISA to Bush. According to Kessler, when Bush found out, he basically said this is B.S., and made the decision to go around FISA.
Kessler is an author, but I don't know if his explanation is on spot. Anyone?
au contraire, a change in policy could in principle be a couple of elections away, if the democrats take over the house of representatives. the democrats only need to just pretend to look like they want to do something about the mexican problem.