&gt; The highest ranking official who understands this issue is Ted Lieu.<p>You mean the highest ranking official who agrees with us.  It&#x27;s <i>easy</i> to see how, if you trust the US judicial system, you&#x27;d be okay with this.  If you think warrants are only given in valid and justified situations, this wouldn&#x27;t bother you, because this&#x27;d only be used for &quot;good&quot;.<p>We know better, but that&#x27;s probably not the position the head of one of the branches of government (and a scholar of the highest law of the judicial branch, even) finds himself in.  Obama probably very much trusts the US justice system.