‘WIRE’ LAW FAILED LOST GI
U.S. intelligence officials got mired for nearly 10 hours seeking approval to use wiretaps against al Qaeda terrorists suspected of kidnapping Queens soldier Alex Jimenez in Iraq earlier this year, The Post has learned.
(via Instapundit)
First off, let me say that there is no real reason to believe that had this wiretapping happened instantly the outcome would be any different, it is unlikely to have made any difference.
Secondly, as I have said previously, anecdotes don’t necessarily make good law. They can be useful things to think about, but specific situations will have individual problems that a general law, even the best law, will fail to properly account for at times. We have to have laws that deal with both the best cases for surveilance and the worst.
All that being said, it seems to me that if ever there is a time when our intelligence services should be able to monitor communications with near impunity it is in an active combat zone in support of a military operation.
Umm.. I agree. The statements made in the article are pretty far fetched. FISA only applies when it’s commos between a US Citizen and a foreign national, or so I thought. I’d say this is simple FUD.