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No surprize here but I am confused again.....
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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
You misunderstand. The President himself is not authorizing each individual warrantless wiretap. That kind of review process would take longer than going to FISA and would defeat most of the whole point for the program.
Instead, the "30 authorizations" Bush has talked about are the times Bush reviews the continuing need for the _program_ every 45 days, as set out in the EO, and reauthorizes the program.
There is no evidence of whether this program is frequently used or not. The WaPo story, however, quoted an administration source as saying that many of these requests are approved by "shift supervisors" (presumably at the FBI).
S_A_M
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Honest question because I don't know: how intertwined is the NSA with the FBI?
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