FISA, FISA, BO BISA...

I really don't understand why virginia_1776 and other wingnuts cannot understand simple laws. The FISA court is specifically set up to issue secret warrants for wiretaps of foriegn terrorist agents. It even allows for both limited spying on Americans engaged in terrorist activites, AND for emergency spying for which a warrant can be obtained up to 3 days later. And, of course, the 4th amendment protects American citizens from warrantless spying.

So why is virginia_1776 engaged in an exploration of the byzantine provisions of the FISA act? The issue here is the fact that Bush issued an executive order to allow the NSA to engage in warrantless, unrestricted spying on Americans and foreigners. Virg just doesn't seem to get it. Bush issued an order that violates FISA, and allows the NSA to work outside the FISA system. Why would he want to do this? Is it just to assert unlimited executive power? Or is there something about his targets or methods that would be unacceptable to the FISA judge? We need answers to these questions, and we need them as soon as possible. The President has broken federal law. If this is definitively proven, he must be impeached.

JC