Hell, Billy Boy asserted his right to conduct no-warrant surveillance and no-warrant searches. You didn't hear the media piglets squealing then. No. Because Billy Boy was a liberal, see?
This is yet another media-contrived "scandal," delivered just in time to thwart another successful Iraqi election.
I'm curious about whether the Slickster wiretapped the Branch Davidian compound without a court order prior to the disastrous assault on it in 1993. We know he violated the Posse Comitas Act by using Army personnel and equipment in the final conflagration. His good buddy Weasley Clark was a general officer at Fort Hood and supplied the equipment and men. Not surprisingly, Weasley's career took a rapid turn upwards and he retired as a 4-star before the Slickster's second term ended.