RE: I heard Judge Napolatano say this morning that the President did NOT need anyone to sign off.
Well, according to Judge Napolitano, IT’s THE LAW. So, if Obama decided to do surveillance on Trump IT IS ACTUALLY LEGAL ( “Lawful” according to Napolitano ).
The question is this — was the law written to allow President’s spy on one’s political enemy?
Napolitano says that the purpose is to spy on those the President believes are enemies of the country. The language of the law is however, so broad that it can be used to spy on ANYONE.
The idiots who wrote this law made this practice so pervasive that it has now become EASY to spy on ANY American citizen.
So, every piece of data that goes through the communication networks CAN BE TAPPED.
Napolitano keeps emphasizing -— THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT NEED A FISA WARRANT.
In other words, we’ve allowed this perverted law to make what ANY President would do LEGAL.
LOL. Well, that depends, but the better short answer is "no."
-- So, every piece of data that goes through the communication networks CAN BE TAPPED. --
Not only can be, it is. And supposedly held "in secrecy" until some judge coughs up a warrant.
The FISA civil penalty for unlawful snooping turns out to be totally toothless. It has been tested. Private citizens had evidence of being snooped, and sued for the civil damages. Judge threw the case out of court when the government said "state secret."
This is not true. Stop saying it. The law clearly says that there can be no substantial possibility that a US Person is involved in the surveillance.