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To: KonKilo who wrote (9341)	1/20/2006 11:16:39 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541624

Hmm.. Well per this Executive Order, issued in 1995, it appears that warrantless physical searches were STILL authorized. fas.org Section 1. Pursuant to section 302(a)(1) of the Act, the Attorney General is authorized to approve physical searches, without a court order, to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year, if the Attorney General makes the certifications required by that section. Why did they need to issue an EO for authority they already possessed? Btw, here the DOJ response to inquiries about Presidential authority for warrantless wiretaps: fas.org Hawk