Reply #27: I read it - and I stand by my original post [View All]

[Canuckistanian]

Yes, the Janet Reno warrant for Ames was questionable and yes, it should have been challenged. But at least there WAS a warrant, a legal document that made an official responsible for it's consequences.

But from what I've seen of the FISA judges, they are not merely rubber stampers. They will apply the same standards of legality that they would for citizen's law enforcement warrants.

It DOES trouble me that the FISA judges are appointed by the SC Chief Justice - but that's no longer an issue now, is it?

I'll say it again. Clinton NEVER ordered a search without a warrant.

Sure, all the secrecy stinks. And there IS a need for a secure, rapid warrant issuing procedure.

But you don't throw all the babies out with the bath water. That's what Congress did yesterday.