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Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by yellow_viper on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:52PM (#13860394)
I've not really been following it but isn't one of the main arguments that Obama would've had to have sign any FISA warrant?
Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by grandalf on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:56PM (#13860454)
> Obama would've had to have sign any FISA warrant?

No, the straw man argument is that we can tell whether Trump was wiretapped by the presence or absence of a FISA warrant.

The president does not sign FISA warrants, the entire purpose of FISA is to streamline (almost to automate) the issuance of warrants.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intellig...

Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by cmiles74 on Monday March 13, 2017 @02:34PM (#13860871)
My understanding is that "listening" to communication between Trump and a foreign national would not require a FISA warrant. I say "listening" because, I believe, all communications with foreign nationals are recorded but only some are actually listened to by actual people.