Listening in without a warrant isn't just impolite, it's a felony.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50/usc_sec ...
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (USC Title 50 Chapter 36
Subchapter 1) specifically prohibits the government from doing what the
President has secretly ordered and it is a serious felony with major
penalties.
The penalties are severe, up to 5 years and $10,000 per count. The
President has admitted to reauthorizing this violation of the law 30
separate times and thousands of phone calls have been intercepted.
The President has publically confessed to this felony on national
television. He ordered government agencies to engage in spying on
thousands of American citizens without a warrant when the Congress made
specific provisions in law to cover all circumstances, even emergency
situations so that the gov't could listen in for up to 72 hours before
obtaining a warrant, plenty of time to find and convince a judge.
There is no excuse for this action, yet the President has done so
anyways.
That the President has colluded with others to do so, also makes this a
conspiracy subject to fine and imprisonment up to 5 years per count
under USC TITLE 18 PART I CHAPTER 19 ¤ 371.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_se ...
That he has chosen to hide it from the public, the Congress, law
enforcement agencies, and the Courts through secret findings and secret
orders may also be a case for obstruction of justice under USC TITLE 18
PART I CHAPTER 73 ¤ 1512 paragraph (b).
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sup ...
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