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"Also, the FISA court being established in 1978, is SO FAR behind what the technology and the world is like...that they are pretty much obsolete for what is necessary re: terrorism."

Actually, I do have to take issue with that, or at least question what you mean.

Not to toot my own horn, but I don't want you to think I'm just talking out my back side. I work in the high tech industry and my resume includes buzzwords like software, encryption, networking, biotech, and data mining.

Sure, we are not just talking phones these days, but there is nothing I can think of that would make fisa "obsolete". What are you thinking of?

Okay, obsolete was my word, not theirs..

I was trying to remember exactly how they said it...and came up blank.

What the guy was saying was, that these terrorist have become so savvy, and that they know they are being "spied" on...so they change e-mail addresses very, often, as well as phone numbers...and there is no time to get a new warrant for every change that comes up...

so...they just can't "use" the FISA court for this kind of work the way they did in the days of rotary phones that were hooked to the wall...and before the internet.

Is that a better description...or are you looking for something else from me...??