One important thing to keep in mind while reading this opinion is that this is the opinion of the FISC--a court that operates in secret, whose members are chose

One important thing to keep in mind while reading this opinion is that this is the opinion of the FISC--a court that operates in secret, whose members are chosen by a single man, that has a reputation for rubber-stamping almost every request it has ever received, and that only hears the NSA's side of every argument. If the FISC is using language this strong, what would a normal court have to say about the NSA's brazen approach to the law?