Well, why rock the boat ask the inquisitors? Just go to the court and get the warrant say the inquisitors.
What if one or more of your METHODS is very secret and not widely known. What if one of the FISA judges is leaking info. What if one of the FISA judges resigned in November/December about the time GWB started avoiding the court? Why would said judge resign? Is it possible that said Judge Robertson was appointed by Bubba and is guilty of revealing methods to the NYT, etc? Now, would that be a valid reason to go around FISA? To prevent the public learning of certain methods?
Your thoughts echo my own. This was brought up when the FISA judge resigned, then seemingly dropped like a rock. Why was it dropped? I want to know why he resigned. Give him an MRI brain scan. :) If Clinton stacked the FISA court or if there were associations between the judges and Muslim lawyers or CAIR, I want to know. Certainly, Bush would be forewarned of any such problems and might have decided he had to protect America, FISA court be damned?