Battlepanda: A wiretap requires a court order...except when it doesn't

Battlepanda

Always trying to figure things out with the minimum of bullshit and the maximum of belligerence.

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

A wiretap requires a court order...except when it doesn't

Chimpy:
"[T]here are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires — a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. It's important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution."
We need to get the video of this, and do an ad cutting back and forth between this and his recent speech. The effect should be quite gratifying.

(HT Carpetbagger)