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To: al_again
From what I have been able to put together, the government is monitoring all international calls for certain keywords...
...If this is true, I have to say that I agree - it is unconstitutional and needs to be stopped. There are very clear laws on the books to prevent this - it is not allowable without a warrant!

Would it be constitutional if the analysts were not Americans, and the analysis was provided to the US as foreign intelligence?

100 posted on 01/17/2006 6:47:28 AM PST by relee
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To: relee
Would it be constitutional if the analysts were not Americans, and the analysis was provided to the US as foreign intelligence?

It would depend if the information was gathered from a US center or a foreign center. If the info was collected from a foreign source by foreign agents - there is no constitutional issue (the SC has no standing to order foreign governments to do anything so the question is irrelevant). However, if the data collection was occurring in the US, this would be illegal.

102 posted on 01/17/2006 9:58:35 AM PST by al_again
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