re: Do you want Presidents to have the power to spy on political opponents?

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If the Federal Government wants to listen to my phone calls, read my text messages, or my emails - it needs to get a specialized warrant in a court in fricking public after a probable cause showing. The proceedings MUST be public because the only only only way to challenge the probable cause finding is through the adversarial process.

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There has to be something in between what is happening now, and this. A public hearing and open process only means the jig is up to an actual terrorist. Whatever was being planned woll have to be executed by someone else, who isn't under suspicion. You're essentially saying we are only going to catch them after the fact, while the bodies are being counted. Depending on the severity of the attack, that could be a lot of bodies.