Administration Admits Warrantless Searches of Americans

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The Obama administration spied on Americans without warrants.

The head of U.S. intelligence admitted that the National Security Agency spied on ordinary Americans as part of their operations to target communications on foreigners located outside the United States.

“Senior officials have sometimes suggested that government agencies do not deliberately read Americans’ emails, monitor their online activity or listen to their phone calls without a warrant,” Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mark Udall of Colorado said in a joint statement. “However, the facts show that those suggestions were misleading, and that intelligence agencies have indeed conducted warrantless searches for Americans’ communications.”

Intelligence officials say the searches are necessary to try and detect terrorism activity by Americans living and working abroad.

“If a government agency thinks that a particular American is engaged in terrorism or espionage, the Fourth Amendment requires that the government secure a warrant or emergency authorization before monitoring his or her communications,” Wyden and Udall said.

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