"Sources knowledgeable about the program said there is no way to secure a FISA warrant when the goal is to listen in on a vast array of communications in the hopes of finding something that sounds suspicious. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said the White House had tried but failed to find a way.
One government official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the administration complained bitterly that the FISA process demanded too much: to name a target and give a reason to spy on it.
'For FISA, they had to put down a written justification for the wiretap,' said the official. 'They couldn't dream one up.'"
In other words, the administration regularly spies on Americans in a complete fishing expedition.
This is the worst of all possible worlds.
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