White, by Christopher Whitcomb.
[rating:3/5]
A quick read when you’re sitting in a slow-moving sex crimes trial. I finished it in a day of jury selection that seemed to go on forever. Terrorists are attacking America, there’s a new Democrat in the White House, and an FBI HRT sniper is there to save us all. It’s a “high-velocity thriller” with a ton of military acronyms. The book came out last year, look how quickly it was dated by reality:
“We do have some positive developments,” Havelock said, trying to ease the tension. “The NSA has intercepted four separate open-line communications that you might find interesting.”
“The NSA can’t track domestic calls,” Beechum objected. “That’s illegal.”
“So is blowing up Wal-Mart!” Havelock bellowed. The stress had apparently begun to wear on him too.
“What do you mean we can’t track domestic calls?” the president asked. “Why not?”
“Something called the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” the vice president told him. “The NSA surveys international calls indiscriminately, because noncitizens are not protected agains unreasonable search and seizure. if we want a wire intercept in-CONUS, we either obtain a Title III warrant of FISA authorization.”
White, by Christopher Whitcomb.
[rating:3/5]
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