thirty three haiku on the attorney general’s white paper
- constitutional
authority inherent
Commander-in-Chief - all traditional
and accepted incidents
his powers zenith - authorization
the absence of a grant, his
own authority - just such a statute
fully comply with the Fourth
constitutional - appropriate force
to protect US citizens
all necessary - take action
to deter and prevent acts
of terrorism - To this day, finding
al Qaeda sleeper agents
remains paramount - the War on Terror.
concerns communications
into and out of - of persons linked:
one party is a member
affiliated - or is a member
of an organization
affiliated - “ha[ve] been effective ….”
between potential terr’ists
help “connect the dots” - reviewed for legality:
the DOJ GC and
IG, NSA - more devastating
martyrdom operations
made good on their threats - ability to insert
foreign agents express to
deter and prevent - the sole organ of
external relations, all
requisite power - national security
information intercept
authority to gather - The Federalist
cloath’d with ... powers requisite …
‘gainst foreign danger … - Thus, use secret means
to collect intelligence
to secret agents - interpolate does
not take away warrantless
physical searches - the temptation to
utilize over dissent
is danger acute - proportional are
minimally invasive
and narrow designed - “secret fund” persons
sent publicly and secret
to search for import - the AUMF
No longer than a sentence
authorization - “fairly possible”
is all that is required
for probable cause - the mere fact that no
warrant is secured prior
to surveillance - the degree to which
it intrudes on privacy
need, legitimate - object, securing
national security
from hostile design - will not be subject
to government eavesdropping
individuals - intercept one-end
foreign communications
where reasonable - basis to conclude
one party is al Qaeda
or affiliate - one attack struck at
the Nation’s military
command and control - reasonableness
ensures a periodic
review limited - a reasonable basis
to conclude a member or
agent terrorist.