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  •  even if theoretically constitutional (4.00 / 2)

    another problem is that even if the President's warrantless surveillance is not prohibited by the constitution in theory, it may well, and probably in many instances violated the constitution in practice, because one suspects that these wiretaps were done without "probable cause" thus violating the fourth amendment.  One suspects that if probable cause was clearly present, the NSA would have asked the FISA court for approval.

    "I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." James Baldwin

    by zdefender on Tue Dec 27, 2005 at 08:36:15 AM PDT

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