Please watch out for our friendly Republican disinformation officers who are trying to convince us that FISA allows a 15 day warrantless search period during "times of war". This is a tremendously deceptive misquote of the FISA law.
The FISA law is EXPLICIT: 15 calendar days FOLLOWING A DECLARATION OF WAR BY THE CONGRESS. There is no way to spin this to mean 15 days after a warrant is issued or that a war grants the President special powers.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50/usc_sec... US CODE TITLE 50 > CHAPTER 36 > SUBCHAPTER I > § 1811
§ 1811. Authorization during time of war
Release date: 2005-03-17
Notwithstanding any other law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for a period not to exceed fifteen calendar days FOLLOWING A DECLARATION OF WAR BY THE CONGRESS.
(Emphasis added).
Doug De Clue
Orlando, FL
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