Well, all I know is a federal judge has ruled the warrantless wiretapping illegal and unconstitutional. The president feels he doesn't have to use FISA. The president also feels he can basically do whatever he wants to "fight terrorism." Thank God at least one federal judge feels there must be some restraint on the executive's powers, especially seeing as we are not in a period of war.
Article 2 of the Constitution states that the president must "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." Clearly, by circumventing FISA, president Bush is not faithfully executing any law, but is rather violating it. I suggest you take some time to read the Constitution of the US before you do any further harm to your reputation, whatever that might be.
"Thank God at least one federal judge feels there must be some restraint on the executive's powers, especially seeing as we are not in a period of war."
from President Bush's speech after September 11, 2001...WE ARE IN A PERIOD OF WAR....
"This war will not be like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with a decisive liberation of territory and a swift conclusion. It will not look like the air war above Kosovo two years ago, where no ground troops were used and not a single American was lost in combat.
Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes. Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes, visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success. We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place, until there is no refuge or no rest. And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. (Applause.) From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime"
Simplistically and totally in layman's words....You can't wait for warrants on phone calls that you haven't even heard yet. What do you ask for a warrant for the possible next 100 or so calls that might come? If you wait for a warrant, the calls/conversations of terroristic information that are made will be long over with. How do you track terrorists then??