G.O.P. Senators Say Accord Is Set on Wiretapping
 

No one cares that the government can wiretap for 45 days...without warrants?

since no one replied in 2 hours of posting it, I guess it is very safe to say no one cares one bit

Nice to know.. eek:

i have nothing to hide

I bet you don't...execept that this is against the law.

hmm if that bill passes, it wouldnt be anymore

Astute.

Well lets wait for the 45 day free wire tapping day pass and see what happens. Things however don't look to good..look at what senator rockefeller said in that article.

but doesn't the article also say the process will be more official and therefore, more secure?

Well lets wait and see.

well it says they have to report to a bipartisan committee, I think this is a step towards making this practice more resistant to corruption.

[quote:82ea9]The proposed bill would allow the president to authorize wiretapping without seeking a warrant for up to 45 days if the communication under surveillance involved someone suspected of being a member of or a collaborator with a specified list of terrorist groups and if at least one party to the conversation was outside the United States.[/quote:82ea9]

What's wrong with that?

Trying to find the whistleblowers testimony before congress saying the NSA program reached into the "millions" and it was "very widespread"... damn blog it was on dumped the link though

wtf is so hard about getting a warrant before wiretapping? how retarded can the govt be to have to bypass this process if they want to listen in on someone who is breaking the law?

It takes time to get approval for wiretaps... it even has to be sealed by the approval of the attorney general - he listed the process in january at georgetown university (there to justify the use of wiretapping), the way he pitched the process sounded almost like it was a pain in the ass for him..thus wiretapping without warrant would be easier...

isnt it harder to get the presidents authorization then the office of the attorney general? They should make it easier to get a warrant - maybe share the delegation of authority with a judge, or allowing approval via email, fax etc. bypassing the warrant and probable cause process is bullshit, and just shows how lazy and lax the authorities are.

Well to get a large amount of wiretaps probably needs a higher authority of approval...or NSA is just doing its own thing.