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Specific Presidential Authority reference below. DO NOTE IT SAYS WITHOUT
A COURT ORDER.....


http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50/usc_sec_50_00001802----000-.html

(1) Notwithstanding any other law,

End of story.

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<needham@syix.com> wrote in message
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Specific Presidential Authority reference below. DO NOTE IT SAYS WITHOUT
A
COURT ORDER.....

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50/usc_sec_50_00001802----000-.html

(1) 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 periods
of
up to one year if the Attorney General certifies in writing under oath
that-........

As usual, L00N gives you an EDITED version. Here it is; WHOLE.

§ 1802. Electronic surveillance authorization without court order;
certification
by Attorney General; reports to Congressional committees; transmittal
under
seal; duties and compensation of communication common carrier;
applications;
jurisdiction of court
Release date: 2005-03-17

(a)
(1) 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 periods of up
to one
year if the Attorney General certifies in writing under oath that-
(A) the electronic surveillance is solely directed at-
(i) the acquisition of the contents of communications transmitted by means
of
communications used exclusively between or among foreign powers, as
defined in
section 1801 (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this title; or
(ii) the acquisition of technical intelligence, other than the spoken
communications of individuals, from property or premises under the open
and
exclusive control of a foreign power, as defined in section 1801 (a)(1),
(2), or
(3) of this title;
(B) there is no substantial likelihood that the surveillance will acquire
the
contents of any communication to which a United States person is a party;
and
(C) the proposed minimization procedures with respect to such surveillance
meet
the definition of minimization procedures under section 1801 (h) of this
title;
and
if the Attorney General reports such minimization procedures and any
changes
thereto to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the
Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence at least thirty days prior to their
effective
date, unless the Attorney General determines immediate action is required
and
notifies the committees immediately of such minimization procedures and
the
reason for their becoming effective immediately.
(2) An electronic surveillance authorized by this subsection may be
conducted
only in accordance with the Attorney General's certification and the
minimization procedures adopted by him. The Attorney General shall assess
compliance with such procedures and shall report such assessments to the
House
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee
on
Intelligence under the provisions of section 1808 (a) of this title.
(3) The Attorney General shall immediately transmit under seal to the
court
established under section 1803 (a) of this title a copy of his
certification.
Such certification shall be maintained under security measures established
by
the Chief Justice with the concurrence of the Attorney General, in
consultation
with the Director of Central Intelligence, and shall remain sealed unless-
(A) an application for a court order with respect to the surveillance is
made
under sections 1801 (h)(4) and 1804 of this title; or
(B) the certification is necessary to determine the legality of the
surveillance
under section 1806 (f) of this title.
(4) With respect to electronic surveillance authorized by this subsection,
the
Attorney General may direct a specified communication common carrier to-
(A) furnish all information, facilities, or technical assistance necessary
to
accomplish the electronic surveillance in such a manner as will protect
its
secrecy and produce a minimum of interference with the services that such
carrier is providing its customers; and
(B) maintain under security procedures approved by the Attorney General
and the
Director of Central Intelligence any records concerning the surveillance
or the
aid furnished which such carrier wishes to retain.
The Government shall compensate, at the prevailing rate, such carrier for
furnishing such aid.
(b) Applications for a court order under this subchapter are authorized if
the
President has, by written authorization, empowered the Attorney General to
approve applications to the court having jurisdiction under section 1803
of this
title, and a judge to whom an application is made may, notwithstanding any
other
law, grant an order, in conformity with section 1805 of this title,
approving
electronic surveillance of a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power
for
the purpose of obtaining foreign intelligence information, except that the
court
shall not have jurisdiction to grant any order approving electronic
surveillance
directed solely as described in paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a) of this
section unless such surveillance may involve the acquisition of
communications
of any United States person.

§ 1801. Definitions

Release date: 2005-03-17

As used in this subchapter:
(a) "Foreign power" means-
(1) a foreign government or any component thereof, whether or not
recognized by
the United States;
(2) a faction of a foreign nation or nations, not substantially composed
of
United States persons;
(3) an entity that is openly acknowledged by a foreign government or
governments
to be directed and controlled by such foreign government or governments;
(4) a group engaged in international terrorism or activities in
preparation
therefor;
(5) a foreign-based political organization, not substantially composed of
United
States persons; or
(6) an entity that is directed and controlled by a foreign government or
governments.
(b) "Agent of a foreign power" means-
(1) any person other than a United States person, who-
(A) acts in the United States as an officer or employee of a foreign
power, or
as a member of a foreign power as defined in subsection (a)(4) of this
section;
(B) acts for or on behalf of a foreign power which engages in clandestine
intelligence activities in the United States contrary to the interests of
the
United States, when the circumstances of such person's presence in the
United
States indicate that such person may engage in such activities in the
United
States, or when such person knowingly aids or abets any person in the
conduct of
such activities or knowingly conspires with any person to engage in such
activities; or
(2) any person who-
(A) knowingly engages in clandestine intelligence gathering activities for
or on
behalf of a foreign power, which activities involve or may involve a
violation
of the criminal statutes of the United States;
(B) pursuant to the direction of an intelligence service or network of a
foreign
power, knowingly engages in any other clandestine intelligence activities
for or
on behalf of such foreign power, which activities involve or are about to
involve a violation of the criminal statutes of the United States;
(C) knowingly engages in sabotage or international terrorism, or
activities that
are in preparation therefor, for or on behalf of a foreign power;
(D) knowingly enters the United States under a false or fraudulent
identity for
or on behalf of a foreign power or, while in the United States, knowingly
assumes a false or fraudulent identity for or on behalf of a foreign
power; or
(E) knowingly aids or abets any person in the conduct of activities
described in
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) or knowingly conspires with any person to
engage
in activities described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
(c) "International terrorism" means activities that-
(1) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a
violation of
the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a
criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United
States or
any State;
(2) appear to be intended-
(A) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(B) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion;
or
(C) to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping;
and
(3) occur totally outside the United States, or transcend national
boundaries in
terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear
intended to coerce or intimidate, or the locale in which their
perpetrators
operate or seek asylum.
(d) "Sabotage" means activities that involve a violation of chapter 105 of
title
18, or that would involve such a violation if committed against the United
States.
(e) "Foreign intelligence information" means-
(1) information that relates to, and if concerning a United States person
is
necessary to, the ability of the United States to protect against-
(A) actual or potential attack or other grave hostile acts of a foreign
power or
an agent of a foreign power;
(B) sabotage or international terrorism by a foreign power or an agent of
a
foreign power; or
(C) clandestine intelligence activities by an intelligence service or
network of
a foreign power or by an agent of a foreign power; or
(2) information with respect to a foreign power or foreign territory that
relates to, and if concerning a United States person is necessary to-
(A) the national defense or the security of the United States; or
(B) the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States.
(f) "Electronic surveillance" means-
(1) the acquisition by an electronic, mechanical, or other surveillance
device
of the contents of any wire or radio communication sent by or intended to
be
received by a particular, known United States person who is in the United
States, if the contents are acquired by intentionally targeting that
United
States person, under circumstances in which a person has a reasonable
expectation of privacy and a warrant would be required for law enforcement
purposes;
(2) the acquisition by an electronic, mechanical, or other surveillance
device
of the contents of any wire communication to or from a person in the
United
States, without the consent of any party thereto, if such acquisition
occurs in
the United States, but does not include the acquisition of those
communications
of computer trespassers that would be permissible under section 2511
(2)(i) of
title 18;
(3) the intentional acquisition by an electronic, mechanical, or other
surveillance device of the contents of any radio communication, under
circumstances in which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy
and a
warrant would be required for law enforcement purposes, and if both the
sender
and all intended recipients are located within the United States; or
(4) the installation or use of an electronic, mechanical, or other
surveillance
device in the United States for monitoring to acquire information, other
than
from a wire or radio communication, under circumstances in which a person
has a
reasonable expectation of privacy and a warrant would be required for law
enforcement purposes.
(g) "Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the United States (or
Acting Attorney General) or the Deputy Attorney General.
(h) "Minimization procedures", with respect to electronic surveillance,
means-
(1) specific procedures, which shall be adopted by the Attorney General,
that
are reasonably designed in light of the purpose and technique of the
particular
surveillance, to minimize the acquisition and retention, and prohibit the
dissemination, of nonpublicly available information concerning
unconsenting
United States persons consistent with the need of the United States to
obtain,
produce, and disseminate foreign intelligence information;
(2) procedures that require that nonpublicly available information, which
is not
foreign intelligence information, as defined in subsection (e)(1) of this
section, shall not be disseminated in a manner that identifies any United
States
person, without such person's consent, unless such person's identity is
necessary to understand foreign intelligence information or assess its
importance;
(3) notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), procedures that allow for the
retention and dissemination of information that is evidence of a crime
which has
been, is being, or is about to be committed and that is to be retained or
disseminated for law enforcement purposes; and
(4) notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), with respect to any
electronic
surveillance approved pursuant to section 1802 (a) of this title,
procedures
that require that no contents of any communication to which a United
States
person is a party shall be disclosed, disseminated, or used for any
purpose or
retained for longer than 72 hours unless a court order under section 1805
of
this title is obtained or unless the Attorney General determines that the
information indicates a threat of death or serious bodily harm to any
person.
(i) "United States person" means a citizen of the United States, an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as defined in section 1101
(a)(20) of
title 8), an unincorporated association a substantial number of members of
which
are citizens of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted for
permanent
residence, or a corporation which is incorporated in the United States,
but does
not include a corporation or an association which is a foreign power, as
defined
in subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section.
(j) "United States", when used in a geographic sense, means all areas
under the
territorial sovereignty of the United States and the Trust Territory of
the
Pacific Islands.
(k) "Aggrieved person" means a person who is the target of an electronic
surveillance or any other person whose communications or activities were
subject
to electronic surveillance.
(l) "Wire communication" means any communication while it is being carried
by a
wire, cable, or other like connection furnished or operated by any person
engaged as a common carrier in providing or operating such facilities for
the
transmission of interstate or foreign communications.
(m) "Person" means any individual, including any officer or employee of
the
Federal Government, or any group, entity, association, corporation, or
foreign
power.
(n) "Contents", when used with respect to a communication, includes any
information concerning the identity of the parties to such communication
or the
existence, substance, purport, or meaning of that communication.
(o) "State" means any State of the United States, the District of
Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,
and any
territory or possession of the United States.

"Passerby" <Passerby @midnight.net> wrote in message
news:7z%sf.28551$wq.22656@bignews7.bellsouth.net...

"The_Great_NeoCon" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:7b%sf.77$eR.44@fed1read03...

This could hurt Bush's chance of re election in '08...

Any concern at all for how Bush has hurt this country? The deaths and
destruction his insane policies have cost? Or are you just so enamored
with DUH-bya, that you're deaf, dumb and blind to the irrevocable harm
inflicted?

Quite the patriot. Allegiance to one man; a failed president and
presidency at that.

But didn't you get the memo, Liberals don't believe in God and yet you're
still wrapping yourself in God & Country. Then you have the audacity to
claim anyone who disagrees with you is unpatriotic....

Why how LIBERAL of you!

BWHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH...

LN

<mordacpreventor@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135895097.916200.203240@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

A CNN/USA Today Gallup Poll, also conducted December 16-18, found
Bush's approval rating -- which measures how well the public believes
a
president is doing his job and is different from his favorability
rating -- stood at 41 percent, while more than half, or 56 percent,
disapprove of how the president is handling his job.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/29/bush.popularity/

needham@syix.com wrote:

Specific Presidential Authority reference below. DO NOTE IT SAYS WITHOUT
A COURT ORDER.....


http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50/usc_sec_50_00001802----000-.html

(1) 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
periods of up to one year if the Attorney General certifies in writing
under oath that-........



"Passerby" <Passerby @midnight.net> wrote in message
news:7z%sf.28551$wq.22656@bignews7.bellsouth.net...

"The_Great_NeoCon" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:7b%sf.77$eR.44@fed1read03...

This could hurt Bush's chance of re election in '08...

Any concern at all for how Bush has hurt this country? The deaths and
destruction his insane policies have cost? Or are you just so enamored
with DUH-bya, that you're deaf, dumb and blind to the irrevocable harm
inflicted?

Quite the patriot. Allegiance to one man; a failed president and
presidency at that.

But didn't you get the memo, Liberals don't believe in God and yet you're
still wrapping yourself in God & Country. Then you have the audacity to
claim anyone who disagrees with you is unpatriotic....

Why how LIBERAL of you!

BWHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH...

LN

<mordacpreventor@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135895097.916200.203240@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

A CNN/USA Today Gallup Poll, also conducted December 16-18, found
Bush's approval rating -- which measures how well the public believes a
president is doing his job and is different from his favorability
rating -- stood at 41 percent, while more than half, or 56 percent,
disapprove of how the president is handling his job.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/29/bush.popularity/

Try reading the whole thing, it states otherwise further on.

And your point is???

If you have one that is...

LN


"Axe" <NoEmail@ForMeThanks.com> wrote in message
news:QXctf.766$254.610@fe03.lga...

ALSO NOTE IT ADDITIONALLY SAYS;


"...without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign
intelligence information for periods of up to one year..."

"...by means of communications used exclusively between or among foreign
powers,...."

"(B) there is no substantial likelihood that the surveillance will acquire
the contents of any communication to which a United States person is a
party"

Specific Presidential Authority reference below. DO NOTE IT SAYS WITHOUT
A COURT ORDER.....


http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode50/usc_sec_50_00001802----000-.html

(1) 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
periods of up to one year if the Attorney General certifies in writing
under oath that-........



"Passerby" <Passerby @midnight.net> wrote in message
news:7z%sf.28551$wq.22656@bignews7.bellsouth.net...

"The_Great_NeoCon" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:7b%sf.77$eR.44@fed1read03...

This could hurt Bush's chance of re election in '08...

Any concern at all for how Bush has hurt this country? The deaths and
destruction his insane policies have cost? Or are you just so enamored
with DUH-bya, that you're deaf, dumb and blind to the irrevocable harm
inflicted?

Quite the patriot. Allegiance to one man; a failed president and
presidency at that.

But didn't you get the memo, Liberals don't believe in God and yet you're
still wrapping yourself in God & Country. Then you have the audacity to
claim anyone who disagrees with you is unpatriotic....

Why how LIBERAL of you!

BWHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH...

LN

<mordacpreventor@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135895097.916200.203240@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

A CNN/USA Today Gallup Poll, also conducted December 16-18, found
Bush's approval rating -- which measures how well the public believes a
president is doing his job and is different from his favorability
rating -- stood at 41 percent, while more than half, or 56 percent,
disapprove of how the president is handling his job.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/29/bush.popularity/