"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.
-- President George Bush, April 20th 2004, by which time Bush had authorized wiretaps circumventing court orders for more than five 45-day periods, in violation of the FISA act.
Big. Fat. Anti-constitutional. Liar.
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