If government agents were, indiscriminately, to kick down the door of every household in the nation, it is certain that at least one crime in progress would be found and averted. Despite the law-enforcement value, such action would be illegal, and any warrant authorizing it would be invalid. The Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution so rules.
By exactly the same reasoning, the actions of the FISA court and the NSA in regard to the collection of phone records are invalid and illegal. The putative prevention of terrorist activities are not sufficient to justify this "fishing".
Your inauguration oath binds you to "to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States". On that basis, we call on you to end these unconstitutional activities.
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