The domestic spying debate is no stranger to Washington. As matter of fact,
the same argument took place thirty years ago:

An intense debate erupted during the Ford administration over the
president’s powers to eavesdrop without warrants to gather foreign
intelligence, according to newly disclosed government documents. George H.W.
Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney are cited in the documents.

The roughly 200 pages of historic records obtained by The Associated
Press reflect a remarkably similar dispute between the White House and
Congress fully three decades before President Bush’s acknowledgment he
authorized wiretaps without warrants of some Americans in terrorism
investigations.

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Amazing the same people involved in today’s argument are the same ones
involved so long ago. The big difference today is we have a law that clearly
lays out the procedure for wiretapping and even gives the President a special
court with a 72 hour window to get warrants.

It appears more evident that this groups only goal is creating an imperial
presidency that answers to no one.