First:
Clinton and Carter did NOT authorize warrantless searches of Americans
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Section 1. Pursuant to section 302(a)(1) [50 U.S.C. 1822(a)] of the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance] Act, the Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a court order, to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year, if the Attorney General makes the certifications required by that section.
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That section requires the Attorney General to certify is the search will not involve “the premises, information, material, or property of a United States person.” That means U.S. citizens or anyone inside of the United States.
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A FISA Court Judge resigns in protest
Spying Program snared purely US calls
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A surveillance program approved by President Bush to conduct eavesdropping without warrants has captured what are purely domestic communications in some cases, despite a requirement by the White House that one end of the intercepted conversations take place on foreign soil, officials say.
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So, what happened to the Republicans being strict constructionists of the Constitution? Our founding fathers would declare a new revolution against this government.
This is the kind of overreaching government they were fighting against.