Starting with this: What if I don't? What if I don't call Zarqawi - or any other known terrorist - and they don't call me? Do you believe a warrant is required to tap my phone?
If not, what allows my phone to be tapped without a warrant?
Is it ILLEGAL to tap the phones of US citizens who are NOT making calls to or receiving calls from known terrorists without first obtaining a warrant?
a) If you are not calling enemies or vice versa, then there is no justification for tapping your phone.....UNLESS your name and info appears in said terroist's rolodex or some other serious indicator that you belong to Al Quaeda.
The bottom line is this. If the feds know the numbers of the terrorists, then they should be able to mine the incoming and outgoing calls from that #. And if you or I are calling or recieving from that #, I believe it is neither unjust nor unreasonable for the feds to monitor those calls. Just because typical domestic surveillance requires a court order, does not mean that atypical wartime overseas communications fall under court purvue.
The CIC has lotsa constitutional power to conduct war as he deems necessary. It has been that way since the founding of the Republic.