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Originally posted by fintstone
I honestly cannot see how you call monitoring *** international phone calls "warrantless searches." Our country has done both for many years under Presidents from both parties.
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Wrong. I hope you are a better soldier than you are a legal analyst.
When an American picks up a phone inside this country, that citizen has a right to privacy. A right protected by the constitution and by the criminal laws of this country.
It make no difference whatsoever whether they are calling down the street or across the border (with in some areas, may in fact be down the street.). tapping a phone is a criminal offense, and a warrantless tap is not only criminal, but a violation of the 4th amendment.
Emails are even worse. When I send an email to my mother 3 miles away, it may in fact bounce around several countries before it gets there. Makes not a bit of a difference.
Why don't you answer the question the president won't, Mr. Fint:
The administration could have gotten retroactive warrants but did not because ..."