I tend to think these National Security Letters violate the 4th Amendment by authorizing warrant-less searches and seizures - but is it really a secret the US g

I tend to think these National Security Letters violate the 4th Amendment by authorizing warrant-less searches and seizures - but is it really a secret the US government is doing that? Wireless searches of phone calls, Internet activity (Web, e-mail, etc.), text messaging, and other communication has been public knowledge since Attorney General Alberto Gonzales confirmed the existence of the program, first reported in a December 16, 2005, article in The New York Times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_co... In 2006 EFF filed lawsuit against AT&T after the US government installed monitoring equipment in an AT&T's switch room. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepting_v._AT%26T http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepting_v._AT%26T Warrantless searches and seizures and monitoring? Please that is so...1984. On August 30, 2010, the CCR and ACLU filed a "targeted killing" lawsuit, naming President Barack Obama, CIA Director Leon Panetta, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as defendants. They sought an injunction preventing targeted killing of US citizens, and also sought to require the government to disclose the standards under which U.S. citizens may be "targeted for death". Judge John D. Bates dismissed the lawsuit, holding the claims were judicially unreviewable under the political question doctrine inasmuch as he was questioning a decision that the U.S. Constitution committed to the political branches. Back to the OP the only thing that shocks me is that Google and/or the individual employees, who are being personally slapped with a non-court ordered gag-order, have not sued the US Government. I am sure the EFF or ACLU would join as co-counsel to defer some of the resources, and if Google keeps complying maybe they will sue Google like EFF sued AT&T.