Tom Drake

To begin legalizing what was, okay, to begin legalizing, they did through acts, which is ex post facto, which in itself, ex post facto law, which in itself, that's unconstitutional. You can't pass a law to, in essence, legalize what you were doing or conducting even executive action, that was unlawful or unconstitutional, particularly if it's unconstitutional.

But remember, FISA ultimately falls under the Fourth Amendment. It is a statute in law with criminal sanctions if you violate it. Didn't matter anymore. All this didn't matter. I was told it's quaint document. So another conversation, you know, dustbins of history. We live in different times now, Mr. Drake. Different times. We're just going to be different.

But remember, FISA ultimately falls under the Fourth Amendment. It is a statute in law with criminal sanctions if you violate it. Didn't matter anymore. All this didn't matter. I was told it's quaint document. So another conversation, you know, dustbins of history. We live in different times now, Mr. Drake. Different times. We're just going to be different.

But remember, FISA ultimately falls under the Fourth Amendment. It is a statute in law with criminal sanctions if you violate it. Didn't matter anymore. All this didn't matter. I was told it's quaint document. So another conversation, you know, dustbins of history. We live in different times now, Mr. Drake. Different times. We're just going to be different.

We're just going to take the thing that makes us American, the very thing that defines the foundational law of the land. Go to Congress. I'm talking to the attorney. Go to Congress. Change the law. He says, with what we want to do, they would say no.

We're just going to take the thing that makes us American, the very thing that defines the foundational law of the land. Go to Congress. I'm talking to the attorney. Go to Congress. Change the law. He says, with what we want to do, they would say no.

We're just going to take the thing that makes us American, the very thing that defines the foundational law of the land. Go to Congress. I'm talking to the attorney. Go to Congress. Change the law. He says, with what we want to do, they would say no.

In that moment, right as he said it, hair standing up on the back of my neck because I realize in that moment, moment of truth, it didn't matter what law was. It didn't matter. We're not going to even bother They were so worried that if they went to Congress, Congress would say no because they wanted to get away with this. They wanted to do this anyways. Didn't matter.

In that moment, right as he said it, hair standing up on the back of my neck because I realize in that moment, moment of truth, it didn't matter what law was. It didn't matter. We're not going to even bother They were so worried that if they went to Congress, Congress would say no because they wanted to get away with this. They wanted to do this anyways. Didn't matter.

In that moment, right as he said it, hair standing up on the back of my neck because I realize in that moment, moment of truth, it didn't matter what law was. It didn't matter. We're not going to even bother They were so worried that if they went to Congress, Congress would say no because they wanted to get away with this. They wanted to do this anyways. Didn't matter.

Like, law doesn't matter in this regard, which is, to me, central to even why we have the United States of America. I could argue that the First and Fourth Amendment, because of all the abuses of the colonists,

Like, law doesn't matter in this regard, which is, to me, central to even why we have the United States of America. I could argue that the First and Fourth Amendment, because of all the abuses of the colonists,

Like, law doesn't matter in this regard, which is, to me, central to even why we have the United States of America. I could argue that the First and Fourth Amendment, because of all the abuses of the colonists,

colonial America because of the severe abuses that rose to such a crescendo and got to such a fever pitch that we ended up having a violent American revolution to cast off King George III and all of his officers that would literally show up at people's homes with a piece of paper and say, I can take your effects, your papers, and even you with just the piece of paper, a general warrant.

colonial America because of the severe abuses that rose to such a crescendo and got to such a fever pitch that we ended up having a violent American revolution to cast off King George III and all of his officers that would literally show up at people's homes with a piece of paper and say, I can take your effects, your papers, and even you with just the piece of paper, a general warrant.

colonial America because of the severe abuses that rose to such a crescendo and got to such a fever pitch that we ended up having a violent American revolution to cast off King George III and all of his officers that would literally show up at people's homes with a piece of paper and say, I can take your effects, your papers, and even you with just the piece of paper, a general warrant.

That's why we have a Fourth Amendment, which Louis Brandeis later, one of my all-time favorite Supreme Court justices said, it's a right to privacy. Wrote his phenomenal paper on it. What defines us as American, right? This is free speech. You get in, remember, okay, First Amendment. Those are two things. I mean, that's really the basis for what it means to be American. He's saying, wow.

That's why we have a Fourth Amendment, which Louis Brandeis later, one of my all-time favorite Supreme Court justices said, it's a right to privacy. Wrote his phenomenal paper on it. What defines us as American, right? This is free speech. You get in, remember, okay, First Amendment. Those are two things. I mean, that's really the basis for what it means to be American. He's saying, wow.

That's why we have a Fourth Amendment, which Louis Brandeis later, one of my all-time favorite Supreme Court justices said, it's a right to privacy. Wrote his phenomenal paper on it. What defines us as American, right? This is free speech. You get in, remember, okay, First Amendment. Those are two things. I mean, that's really the basis for what it means to be American. He's saying, wow.

We're going to spend all that too, permanently. It's like permanent now. This is not even temporary. We're not even going to go back. We're not even going to, what's the phrase, even face value. We're not even going to pretend. We're not even going to pretend. But we're doing all this in secret because you can protect.