There is no “loophole” in the law. There is only the law that gives them power to search.
Such law contradicts the Constitution and is therefore void — see Maybury v. Madison.
There’s no news here unless you(anybody) haven’t been paying attention for , oh, I dunno, maybe four decades. NSA has the gear to listen to almost anything. The actual limitation is that they can’t use warrantless search info in a prosecution. The question that needs to be asked of Obozo is “How do you keep from using overheard conversations/communications in a political campaign?” And “do you use this info in your own campaign?” And “have you-—”?
Dealing with the perversion of the constitution and implementation of thousands of laws in essence to hamstring Americans. Ruling by fiat, destruction of the separation of powers...that sort of thing.
Gubbamint has painted Americans into a “Law corner”.
Anything you do, anything you say can then be construed as sedition or against some sort of law against their evil schemes. Someday, all of us here on FR will most likely feel pressure or persecution from the words we've spoken. I have no doubt about it.
The words “Soft Tyranny” just hits the nail on the head. The precursor to full blown gubbamint control.
Here we sit, chewin the fat. Someday I'm afraid the powers that attempt to lord over a free people will step across the gray area and will awake a giant.