==Wiretapping in the US==
As a general rule, wiretapping is illegal under the [[Fourth Amendment]] unless it is authorized by a warrant. A [[law enforcement]] agency must convince a [[judge]] or magistrate that there is [[probable cause]] to justify the warrant. In 1994, the [[Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act]] (CALEA), established distinctions between substantive content of conversations and the "[[metadata]]" regarding the persons and phone numbers involved for those communications. CALEA required telephone companies to be able to install more effective wiretaps. In 2004, federal law enforcement agencies sought to expand CALEA to cover [[Voice over IP]] ([[VoIP]]) communications as well as conventional voice communications. In August 2005, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) ruled that “[[broadband]]-service providers ([[ISPInternet service provider|service providers]](ISP)and interconnected VoIP providers fall within CALEA’s scope. Currently, [[instant messaging]], [[web]] boards and site visits are not included in CALEA’s jurisdiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.voip-news.com/feature/guide-calea-030608/ |title=The Instant Expert Guide to CALEA |publisher=VoIP News}}</ref>
The [[police state|government]], [[NSA|intelligence agencies]], and [[police]] of the [[United States]] daily use wiretapping for the purpose of stopping [[terrorism]] and [[drugs]]. Both some [[liberal]]s and some [[conservative]] [[patriot]]s claim this can sometimes be an invasion of their [[privacy]]. Nevertheless, wiretapping has resulted in multiple arrests of [[War on Drugs|drug dealers]] and [[War on Terror|terrorists]] <ref>http://www.projo.com/news/content/providence_police_arraigned_03-06-10_M5HM8N0_v46.39894a3.html</ref>. It is occasionally asked by the supporters of [[big government]] what those who don't support wiretapping have to hide from the [[federal government]].
==Why Does Pervasive Domestic Wiretapping of Law-Abiding Citizens Matter to Conservatives?==
There is a 21st century trend, as revealed by [[Edward Snowden]], [[William Binney]] and other [[Bill of Rights]] supporting [[whistleblower]]s, towards pervasive monitoring by both the Federal government and businesses like [[Google]] via "wiretap" of law-abiding citizen's internet, [[smartphone]] and smart television (Amazon FireTV, Roku and AppleTV) activity:
This apt quote best explains the reason why this pervasive domestic surveillance matters to many [[patriot]] [[conservative]]s and [[veteran]]s, who are inherently against [[big government]], and to many [[citizen]]s interested in [[preparedness]]:
* "The progress of [[science]] in furnishing the [[big government|government]] with means of [[espionage]] is not likely to stop with wiretapping. Ways may some day be developed by which the [[Police state|government]], without removing papers from secret drawers, can reproduce them in court, and by which it will be enabled to expose to a [[jury]] the most intimate occurrences of the home. Advances in the psychic and related sciences may bring means of exploring unexpressed beliefs, thoughts and emotions. 'That places the [[liberty]] of every man in the hands of every [[tyrant|petty officer]]' was said by James Otis of much lesser intrusions than these. 1 To Lord Camden a far slighter intrusion seemed '[[subversive]] of all the comforts of society.' Can it be that the [[Constitution]] affords no protection against such invasions of [[Fourth Amendment|individual security]]?"
** [[Louis Brandeis]]''' (1856-1941), [[United States Supreme Court]] [[Associate Justice]] Dissenting, ''[[Olmstead v. United States]]'', 277 U.S. 438 (1928).
==See Also==
* [[Edward J. Snowden]] revelations of [[unconstitutional]] domestic [[surveillance|spying]] on law-abiding [[American]] [[citizen]]s
* The Perpetual [[War on Drugs]], [[War on Terror]] and the [[Police state]]
* [[NSA]] and other [[Intelligence agency]] [[mass surveillance]]: [[PRISM]], [[Wiretap]] - [[Roving wiretap]]
* [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]] of the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]]
* [[Prism-break.org]] - Opt out of global data [[surveillance]] programs like [[PRISM]], [[ECHELON]], [[XKeyscore]] and [[Tempora]].<ref>"Help make [[mass surveillance]] of entire populations uneconomical! We all have an [[unalienable right]] to [[privacy]], which you can exercise today by [[encrypting]] your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary products and services."</ref>
* [[Right to Privacy]]
* [[Unalienable rights]] of the [[Bill of Rights]]: [[First Amendment]], [[Fourth Amendment]], [[Fifth Amendment]]
* [[Cryptography]] and data [[encryption]]
* [[Common law privacy rights]]
* [[Electronic Communications Privacy Act]] of 1986
* [[Privacy Act of 1974]]
* [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]
* [[Internet security]]
* [[Tails (operating system)]] ([[Linux]]-based privacy focused) for [[anonymity]] to protect [[unalienable rights|unalienable]] [[Fifth Amendment]] - [[Fourth Amendment]] [[Right to Privacy]] ([[Internet privacy]]) and [[Second Amendment]] - [[First Amendment]] rights against [[unconstitutional]] [[Gun control]] - [[Internet censorship]] [[Big government]] [[Police state]], [[hackers]], and "[[5 U.S.C. § 3331|all enemies, foreign and domestic]]" of [[American values|American]] [[liberty]].
* [[Encryption]]: [[Cryptography]]-[[Cryptanalysis]]-[[Cryptology]]-[[Data encryption]]-[[Public-key encryption]]-[[Steganography]]
* [[One Nation, Under Surveillance - Privacy From the Watchful Eye]] by [[Boston T. Party]]
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