Word: wiretap
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Klein's criticism of the Democrats was way off the mark. Liberals want to track down the bad guys as much as Republicans or anybody else. But government officials have got to get a warrant before they wiretap...
...main stated argument against the FISA court process is that obtaining warrants beforehand is simply too time-consuming in today's fast-paced world. But if speed were the only issue, there are some relatively easy fixes. The legal standard Justice Department lawyers must meet to obtain a FISA wiretap warrant could be lowered from the current threshold that there's "probable cause" to believe a crime has been committed or about to be committed. The paperwork required with a FISA warrant application could be trimmed. In emergencies, FISA now allows the attorney general to approve a wiretap as long...
...time it takes to obtain a warrant. If it were to be altered, FISA must be changed "for a different sort of coverage by NSA," explains one administration official. "FISA was very much focused on getting one particular guy," says this administration official. "It was very much like a wiretap in a criminal case. You go to court and you have probable cause to believe a person has committed a crime. So you go to FISA and get a wiretap. It was set up that way because you knew [the suspect] you were dealing with. But in this case...
...Ironically, even as the NSA was launching its warrantless wiretap program in 2002, the Justice Department was rejecting a Republican senator's efforts to make it easier for the NSA to spy legally on persons in the U.S. In the summer of 2002, Ohio Republican Sen. Mike DeWine introduced a bill to lower the level of proof the Justice Department and spy agencies would need to get a FISA warrant to wiretap foreigners, or non-U.S. citizens, who were in the United States. For these "non-U.S. persons" only, the threshold would drop from "probable cause" to "reasonable...
...Bush Administration after the lies about the reasons for the war in Iraq? It is not news that the U.S. has no respect for civil liberties outside the U.S., but what comes as a surprise is that there is no respect for them inside the U.S. either. Wiretaps without warrants and a President who clearly breaks the law are things that would never be accepted in Europe. I hope the American people know what they have got themselves into. History has shown that men do not easily give up power once they have it. Henrik Segersven Espoo, Finland Sure...