It's more than a bit sad to see that it takes the Judiciary to protect our rights. The GOP elected is no more a friend to liberty than the 'crats are in Congress.
And there's a lot of utter cowards who are happy to let the Government do anything they want, even when it breaks the law or violates the Bill of Rights, as long as they get told they'll ALL DIE otherwise. A lot of those people posted on this thread already, in fact. People who'll lap up any crap they're told by the GOVUSA as long as it's not a 'crat in charge. Pathetic, really.
Yeah, this could be overturned at the next level, but the GOVUSA has admitted they know they're conducting warrantless wiretaps *openly* in violation of FISA. Either change FISA or *stop breaking the law*. How hard is that? Congress can authorize warantless searches!
--R.
But Congress will want to be in the loop. And Congress has already shown that it simply cannot be trusted to keep ANYTHING confidential, even in matters of national security.
The President is specifically tasked with protecting the country. He should be able to make a judgment as to when to invoke FISA and when FISA would be detrimental.
Your "rights" are not being violated by warrantless wire-taps, unless you're talking to al-Qaeda.