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Originally Posted by Buffy
In the case of roving wiretaps, there is an explicit law *and* a well developed mechanism for approving secret wiretaps, and even a "tap first and ask for permission later" provision. The administration has claimed numerous times that they follow this law, but it has now come to light--and the administration has even admitted it--that they have ignored the law and they will continue to do so, although they have yet to explain why the law is an undue burden considering all the exceptions and allowances it provides.
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There's also a secret court, which issues secret warrants, and which does so within the hour (I think that's what I heard on NPR), yet administrative officials chose to bypass this system, explicitly setup for these purposes, as well.
We had intelligence information from multiple agencies coming to our government officials before the 9/11 strike and they still couldn't piece enough of it together to stop it... Now they are trying to tell us that by listening to hunderds of thousands of telephone conversations and by combing through millions and billions of randomly spoken words that we are somehow going to be safer and better prepared? Do unicorns exist too?
