Reply #16: IMO what you're suggesting would have the effect [View All]

of providing less security.

Confidentiality is important and is a critical aspect of the FISA judges' work. We can't allow the public to openly review these decisions because there is classified information. Does that open itself to abuse? You bet.

But the alternative, a blanket warrant for search terms (does that mean if I send an email with the term "nuclear device" I am then targeted?) would never work for the main reason that a plotter would be using coded terminology. And merely putting in place any kind of datamining makes it very simple for a small number of people to illegally accumulate a large amount of information.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.