What if ...

[dblack]

The Boston Bomber Brothers had been identified and apprehended by "spying" before they killed and wounded innocents?

That would be impossible absent a warrant to investigate and detain.

This goes to the ignorant idiocy of the entire ‘spying’ non-issue.

The surveillance programs do not constitute ‘law enforcement,’ the intent is to gather information, not pursue criminal prosecutions because none of the ‘evidence’ would be admissible in court without a warrant.

LOL... riiiight.