Letters to the Editor
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DemoChristian
It seems to me that the very basis for even considering warrantless surveillance is wrong.
That may be, but it is not the issue. It is, rather, what classes of communication can the NSA take at will, that is, everything, and subject to intensive analysis. Under the FISA version that is currently intended for modification, NSA is free to monitor the world's radio communication and undersea cable communication. (I am simplifying this; that is not the whole story.) Much of the world wide communication that previously used radio (satellite) is now on fiber, and NSA claims that it needs to access the telecom hubs through which this passes. There are obvious issues here regarding how you protect US domestic communication, or even determine what is what.