[antiRepublicrat]

You could intercept the same calls with a scanner that is readily available at Radio Shack. Remember the Dem operative from Florida who intercepted a Newt Gingrich call and gave it to the media? Same technology.

And completely covered under the wiretapping laws. Technology has changed, but we still call it tapping.

This is not Clintonesque parsing.

It absolutely is. "We're not tapping, we're spying, see, we're not putting a tap on a specific phone line, so it's not tapping." Clintonesque BS. They intercepted phone conversations. That's tapping.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

It absolutely is. "We're not tapping, we're spying, see, we're not putting a tap on a specific phone line, so it's not tapping." Clintonesque BS. They intercepted phone conversations. That's tapping.

Is your objection to the fact of it or the words used to defend it?

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Wire tapping has its own definition based on how it works and who is the subject, and what the NSA is doing is NOT wiretapping. Maybe you missed the dozens of threads explaining this on FR or maybe you missed the White House press briefing a few weeks ago where President Bush explained it. But the United States Intel community is NOT "spying on Americans" or "wiretapping" or even "eavesdropping", okay? The leftist media is refusing to listen to the facts. Don't be like them, please.

[D-fendr]

They intercepted phone conversations. That's tapping.

Here's a test: You have the choice between me tapping your phone or intercepting your calls to al Queda in Iraq.

Which would you prefer? Either, since there's no difference, right?