Where is a valid source showing Clinton legalized warrant-less wiretaps?

Question

Ronin (below) The key word is "valid". Not somenes opinon piece. Anyone can make a website. You should see mine.

coragryph (below) I can accept an after-the-fact warrant. At least there is another branch of government putting eyes on who is being tapped.

coragryph (below) Correct. The Bush doctrine allows warrant-less wiertaps on calls that land on US soil either too or from another country. The Constitution if for the USA not for out of the country so calls not touching US soil is up for grabs.

Answer 1

Click this link:

http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2006/12/10/clintons-warrantless-wiretap-program/

Answer 2

Clinton didn't "legalize" warrantless wiretaps -- that's a non-sequitor.

Warrantless wiretaps against "US persons" are inherently illegal, as per FISA (50 USC 180x) -- at least until a few weeks ago. Prior to last month, however, warrantless wiretaps were allowed for up to 72 hours, to allow time in an emergency to start the tap and then go get a court order.

That changed with the new amendments to FISA, which now authorize warrantless wiretaps for much longer periods, and without any need for court approval -- which directly violates Constitutional requirements (which, hopefully, the Courts will enforce).

So, while some people in the Clinton may have engaged in limited warrantless-wiretapping, that was illegal activity -- and usually directly challenged in court when the evidence was attempted to be used.

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EDIT: Ronin's link is literally correct, but inapplicable.
FISA explicitly allowed wiretaps without a warrant if all parties to the conversation were outside the US -- since constitutional protections only applied to persons inside the US.

KellyB's link is interesting, but contains a legal inaccuracy. The FISA court already had the authority to issue sneak-and-peak warrants -- Clinton's executive order did not expand that authority (and couldn't). All it did was authorize the DoJ to use methods the law already allowed, but which had be unused prior to that. That's why every section starts off with "Pursuant to section ### of the Act" -- FISA already allowed it. Clinton just did it.

Answer 3

CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, MSNBC, the NY Times, and many others. Every major media outlet reported it.

In February 2000, for instance, CBS "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft introduced a report on the Clinton-era spy program by noting:

"If you made a phone call today or sent an e-mail to a friend, there's a good chance what you said or wrote was captured and screened by the country's largest intelligence agency. The top-secret Global Surveillance Network is called Echelon, and it's run by the National Security Agency."

Answer 4

Chi~

It wasn't warrantless wiretaps it was warrantless search and seizures.

http://www.monitor.net/monitor/10-30-95/fisa.html

I'll find the official gov site just a minute.

I couldn't find a .gov site but I found the Clinton foundation.

http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/020995-executive-order-12949-on-foreign-intelligence-physical-searches.htm

Scan to Executive Order #230 on the list.
It's Executive Order 12949. ordered February 5,1995.

Answer 5

No, only in bush family minds and far right wing echo chambers.