A depressing historical fact: The FISA Court that for the past decade has been warped into a protective shield for these sorts of operations was established in

A depressing historical fact: The FISA Court that for the past decade has been warped into a protective shield for these sorts of operations was established in 1978 to prevent this from happening again. See: Project SHAMROCK, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_SHAMROCK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_SHAMROCK. There was a time when those in the Intelligence Community had this lesson burned into their brains.