[Cboldt]

Importantly, note that there's nothing there regarding agents of foreign powers. It's about foreign powers, period.

1802 doesn't include terrorists of 1801(a)(4) either.

But hey, if people want to argue that the surveillance is within the four corners of FISA, who am I to pop their bubble? The lawers are dealing with it, the administration is putting out their legal arguments, and lame arguments on FR don't carry any weight except educational.

[Sandy]

1802 doesn't include terrorists of 1801(a)(4) either

Exactly.

if people want to argue that the surveillance is within the four corners of FISA, who am I to pop their bubble?

Anyone claiming that the surveillance is within the four corners of FISA obviously doesn't understand the administrations's legal arguments. Bush isn't trying to justify actions that conform to FISA. His whole argument is intended to justify actions that violate FISA.

Still, people keep trotting out FISA to justify violations of FISA, mistakenly thinking that they're discovering important legal provisions inexplicably overlooked by Bush's lawyers. It's flabbergasting.