[irv]

built in executive privilege.

True, but this is probably an overstatement of the situation.

[eno_]

I would feel MUCH more confident about any domestic spy agency if we first did a reasonably good job of patrolling our borders and ejecting Moslem illegals and reviewing the visa/PR/citizenship status of all Moslems and ejecting anyone with a whiff of Islamism.

If that was done, then maybe the FBI could handle the rest. As it is, we are sacrificing our liberty and privacy jsut do the FedGov can keep on being incompetent at existing security functions, especially border control.