Do you even have a passing familiarity with FISA? The fact that the NSA would even look at FISA in this case makes no sense whatsoever. FISA has never applied to individuals located outside of the US. That means the story is bogus -- either it's completely made up, or a substantial misreporting of what actually happened.
I believe you are losing all credibility on this thread by consistently stating as fact something that the plain text of the law contradicts.
Those reading this thread can see clearly you are wrong according to the law that has been posted herein. Unless you at least address why the law posted herein is not applicable, your posts sound silly.
I believe you're assuming facts not in evidence. There's no reason to assume that all of the phones in question were Iraqi phones. I don't have any inside information, but it is entirely guessable that the phone(s) they were trying to tap were the personal cell phones of the soldiers. They had been kidnapped and quite possibly their phones were taken by the kidnappers-- who were using them. They might even have used them to call the United States, calling through his phonebook to harass and terrify family members? Who knows. I can see the lawyers mucking up the process of trying to get those taps in place on the phones of US citizens.
Just a thought.
That, of course, would be that the "other end" of the communication was in the US, involved American citizens, and those citizens were in a position to know to complain on the floor of Congress the next day.
This is why we have to begin as soon as possible to round up and detain all Democrat politicians for the duration.