I'm no fan of Clinton. However, many of the people who are making ad hominem attacks on anyone who is critical of Bush are also the biggest whiners when it comes to Clinton. There are several examples of this right here in this thread.

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For anyone who would like to see all of the Executive Orders and FISA information in one post (so they won't have to search the whole thread to find them), here they are all together...


FISA

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50/usc_sup_01_50_10_36_20_I.html

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50/usc_sup_01_50_10_36_20_II.html

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50/usc_sup_01_50_10_36_20_III.html

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50/usc_sup_01_50_10_36_20_IV.html


Some backgound on FISA and related info...

http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/


Executive Order 12139 (23 May 1979)

http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/eo12139.htm


EXECUTIVE ORDER 12949 (February 9, 1995)

http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/eo/eo-12949.htm

"The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 prescribes procedures for requesting judicial authorization for electronic surveillance and physical search of persons engaged in espionage or international terrorism against the United States on behalf of a foreign power.

Requests are adjudicated by a special eleven member court called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court."


Here are some other links that are relevant to the discussion of FISA and its related Executive Orders...

http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/fisa/