I would hope so! If the government is going to tap the phones of US citizens talking to Al-Queda then I hope that people at these levels would get involved.
"I would hope so! If the government is going to tap the phones of US citizens talking to Al-Queda then I hope that people at these levels would get involved."
I would certainly hope NOT! So basically you're saying that if we suddenly have reason to believe a known terrorist in another country is about to make a call to the U.S. we should basically wait for 24 hours or so as the process winds through a bureaucracy of lawyers by which time the call would have taken place and we will not have heard any details? Gee, that's really brilliant. Seriously. Furthermore, how do you know that the people on the phone in the US are even citizens? Most of them are likely visa holders, green card holders, or illegal immigrants.