Bob Goodlatte: “Our extraordinary fiscal crisis demands an extraordinary solution. We must rise above partisanship and join together to…”

Right, but the sale of the information to the government puts the government in the picture as well and the Fourth Amendment is directed at the government not obtaining information without showing probable cause, without providing a…

I would call attention to something we haven't talked much about here today, and that is the fact that, when the FISA court issues warrants allowing for the surveillance of various parties that are brought to the attention of the court…

For all the reasons cited by my distinguished colleagues, yes.

I think the PATRIOT Act went off track in not defining some of the areas that set parameters around government gathering data.