[cwiz24]

Not so fast, angkor. This section, among others, was clearly violated by the wiretapping:

(B) there is no substantial likelihood that the surveillance will acquire the contents of any communication to which a United States person is a party;

As far as we know, United States citizens were eavesdropped on if they were involved with Al Qaeda. I don't have a problem with this, but this law does not cover what the White House did.

[angkor]

See #16.

You're right that "United States person" and "substantial likelihood" are issues, but not as simple as they seem at first glance.