In school I learned that we have the three powers - the legislative, judicial, and executive - are separated so that they keep each other in balance. If any two

In school I learned that we have the three powers - the legislative, judicial, and executive - are separated so that they keep each other in balance. If any two of these are held in the same hands there are no restrictions. (if you can make laws and preside over trials you make bring anyone to jail, or if you can preside over trials and execute the sentence) That's why (IMHO) individual wiretaps with a warrant are fine. Somebody had to make a law, a judge had to weigh the facts and issue a warrant, and an FBI agent/cop/etc executes the actual tap. In this case the NSA analyst is both the judge and the executor violating these checks and balances. Now maybe there might be temporary warrants for wider range of individuals, even t