Why DOJ Didn't Need a "Super Search Warrant" To Snoop On Fox News' E-mail

awaissoft writes "If attorney general Eric Holder wanted to perform even a momentary Internet wiretap on Fox News' e-mail accounts, he would have had to persuade a judge to approve what lawyers call a 'super search warrant.' A super search warrant's requirements are exacting: Intercepted communications must be secured and placed under seal. Real-time interception must be done only as a last resort. Only certain crimes qualify for this technique, the target must be notified, and additional restrictions apply to state and local police conducting real-time intercepts. But because of the way federal law was written nearly half a century ago, Holder was able to obtain a normal search warrant — lacking those extensive privacy protections — that allowed federal agents to secretly obtain up to six years of email correspondence between Fox News correspondent James Rosen and his alleged sources."

Re: What did Fox News do?

[F.Ultra]

Yes but Gouvernments these days asks themselves the important question of "What Would Nixon Do?".

Re:There you have it

[amiga3D]

Nobody gave the cartels anything. They sold them to the cartels. We're running out of money and we've got to get some revenue somehow.

Re:Not News to Fox

[I'm New Around Here]

Does that "current events" selection include all of Obama's scandals and coverups? Or is it limited to who won American Idol and how big Kim Kararshian's ass is?

Re:Not News to Fox

[meta-monkey]

But that would be a Sudden Outbreak of Common Sense, and those have been illegal for neigh on 30 years now.