"...However, even if the law says that the FBI can spy on a citizen without a court order, it's still illegal." - exodus********************
"...There is nothing at all to prevent the FBI, CIA OR any national security apparatus from "spying". That is their job. Just as the pre-Church FBI had Carte' Blanche to infiltrate and "spy" on communist organizations and fronts, the FBI is justified to do that with terrorist organizations and fronts. The FBI was never conceived to be a law enforcement agency in the first place. Its original mission was to PREVENT assaults on national security. Muller re-organization announcement has placed the FBI back into that mission.
# 39 by Texasforever
Of course nothing can prevent spying on citizens by any government agency.
I've been complaining about their un-Constitutional powers on almost every thread.
You know that.
The only people that the FBI can legally spy on without a court order are foreign nationals. That would fall in the purview of the Executive power. To spy on a citizen requires a higher test.
Wrong my young friend. NOT when the national security is at stake.