[bobsunshine]

Here is the Link to the Law that ALLOWS the President to use the NSA without court order:

http://www.washingtonwatchdog.org/documents/usc/ttl50/ch36/subchI/sec1802.html

Sec. 1802. Electronic surveillance authorization without court order; certification by Attorney General; reports to Congressional committees; transmittal under seal; duties and compensation of communication common carrier; applications; jurisdiction of court.

This was also reported in the NY Sun.

[lugsoul]

Jeez, did you even READ that statute once? It plainly is not applicable to what we are talking about here, since it states on its face that it does not apply to communications involving US citizens.

The amount of disinfo being spread here in support of this obviously illegal program is staggering.

[sissyjane]

You should forward this section to Judge Napolitano and Jonathan Turley. They're both all over the airwaves saying it's illegal.

[MissMillie]

Be careful with that link:

(B) there is no substantial likelihood that the surveillance will acquire the contents of any communication to which a United States person is a party; and