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Originally Posted by Rochard
He said...
I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone, from you, or your accountant, to a federal judge, to even the President if I had a personal email.
No, I don't think he did.
Someone, somewhere, at the end of the day has to be able to do this. I think Snowden was that person. He had the ability, but not the authority. The authority had to come from a warrant. Without it, he was breaking the law.
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He said HE had the authority. Unless he is lying, that means he had the authority, not just the ability.
Of course the law is being broken, that is part of the point of all of this. Warrants are no longer needed. If this was all on the up and up, he wouldn't be a "whistle blower" as there would be nothing to blow his whistle about.