[steveegg]

Theres no time to see a liberal judge and get denied a search warrant right before a nuke goes off in a major American city (and it aint gonna be in friggin Idaho).

Methinks you misread; what the Patriot Act did was not cut out the judge, but cut out the notification given at the start of a search.

[Rome2000]

what the Patriot Act did was not cut out the judge, but cut out the notification given at the start of a search

Right, but the Feds don't have to go to a judge once the initial approval is given.

If the FBI wants to investigate a suspected terrroist cell at a mosque,they can do it without having to get individual warrants every time the guy buys a new throwaway cellphone.