US wiretapping operations are not bound by publicly-visible laws. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court https://e

US wiretapping operations are not bound by publicly-visible laws. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intellig... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveilla... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_(2001%E2%80%932007) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_(... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A