[NixterJ]

WARRANTLESS wiretapping is explicitly against the law. Does one abide by the law or not. It's that simple. And any sins that Clinton committed do not excuse lawbreaking by future government officials (or any citizen for that matter.) If the administration wants to look for terrorists in the phone system then it is REQUIRED by statute to get a warrant. FISA is the will of the people enacted by it's elected representatives in congress. The only people who break laws are by definition criminals. All of this begs the question: Why not get a warrant?

[half-cajun]

"WARRANTLESS wiretapping is explicitly against the law."

But that begs the question, doesn't it. I don't know if it's against the law or not, but even if a law was written that made it illegal, that does not mean the president doesn't have inherent constitutional powers to do it. In other words, Congress can not make something the President does illegal if he has the authority to do it under the Constitution. What we really needed in this case was a serious discussion of the balance between civil liberties and security. Unfortunately, all we got was a partisan hack throwing out bumber sticker statements.

[Dan(9698)]

WARRANTLESS wiretapping is explicitly against the law.

That is a false assertion. The FISA Court of Appeals stated that it is legal.

The ACLU asked the Supreme Court to review. They declined.

[federal]

You don't know know the first thing about intelligence gathering during a time of war.

My suggestion is to learn who has the Constitutional responsibility for gathering intelligence on a enemy, not only when they are located in a foreign country but when they are inside the USA.

Nothing you said is even relevant, I suspect you are just a troll.

[Tokra]

"The Department of Justice believes, and the case law supports, that the president has inherent authority to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes."

Clinton's Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick testifing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on July 14, 1994.

[Eagles Talon IV]

"WARRANTLESS wiretapping is explicitly against the law."

LOL, I see you still have your head firmly and apparently irretrievably inserted up your as*. Give me an example of this Administration indulging in warrant less DOMESTIC wiretapping. This time try to reroute the response so it doesn't come out of your butt, like this one did.