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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I've received a lot of emails from WH-apologist friends today with stories of previous administrations conducting warrantless searches in the foreign intelligence realm pursuant to the President's inherent constitutional powers. Most of these stories begin by discussing warrantless electronic surveilance, and seem to say that previous Presidents have engaged in identical behvaior. However, the stories use the term "warrantless searches". My guess is that this refers to physical searches, and not electronic eavesdropping. The interception of communications without judicial review is new ground.
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If those stories are passing along the RNC talking points channeled by Drudge about Clinton and Carter executive orders, they are wrong - the Clinton and Carter executive orders
did not permit warrantless searches of US citizens.
