Nope. They don't say hang up and get a warrant. They say comply with FISA, and go get a warrant within 72 hours, but you can keep listening while you do so.
If you place the decision on who is deserving of being eavesdropped solely in the hands of the eavesdropper, you no longer have any protection against eavesdropping by your government.
"Nope. They don't say hang up and get a warrant. They say comply with FISA, and go get a warrant within 72 hours, but you can keep listening while you do so.
If you place the decision on who is deserving of being eavesdropped solely in the hands of the eavesdropper, you no longer have any protection against eavesdropping by your government."
You are correct. However, the thrust of opinion here on FR is to let the government do as it wishes with regard to this eavesdropping.
That's fine, as long as an administration on the right side is doing it. The question everyone needs to ask is: What about a liberal Dem administration?
Yes, we need this information about calls between US Citizens and potential foreign terrorists. There is a process in place to do this, with retroactive warrants, if necessary. I'm still not sure we need to change that, since it seems perfectly workable to me.