Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio...
by yellow_viper on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:52PM
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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?
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Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio...
by grandalf on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:56PM
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> 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
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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.