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... some Republican Congressdoofus was claiming that FISA was preventing monitoring, and that intercepts of foreign targets fell by two thirds (apparently because of the 'problem' of tapping foreign "targets" w/o a warrant because of the worry that they might be talking to someone in the U.S.)
But FISA never prevented any such taps. All they had to do was get a friggin' warrant.... Once they had that in hand, they could tap all that target's calls, regardless of who (or where) the person on the other end was. Just as in domestic Title III wiretaps, to tap you as a "target", they need a Title III warrants, but if they have that in hand for someone else, and 'in the course of business', the actual target calls you, your call may be recorded.
Same should apply for FISA. Get a warrant!!!
Cheers,
