[Tench_Coxe]

"If American citizens could have used them, so could Al Qaeda terrorists. Do we want to give up the ability to wiretap well-funded criminal and terror groups when necessary?"

I am certain that a similar argument was used to justify the Quartering Act, in which British soldiers were housed in colonist's homes, to cut down on 'illegal' smuggling of tea and other products that did not bear a stamp that the tax was paid.

[Looking for Diogenes]

I am certain that a similar argument was used to justify...

I take it then that you do not approve of wiretaps at all. If you really care strongly about it, it would be possible to get a law passed banning them.