More crackpot thinking from Glenn Greenwald

[struggle4progress]

39. Your theory requires the view that ISPs, landline companies, and wireless communication companies

will all voluntarily consent to the wholesale collection of their customers' messages, without search warrant and in violation of existing law

18 USC § 2518 - Procedure for interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications
(1) Each application for an order authorizing or approving the interception of a wire, oral, or electronic communication under this chapter shall be made in writing upon oath or affirmation to a judge of competent jurisdiction and shall state the applicant’s authority to make such application ...
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2518

18 USC Chapter 121 - STORED WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSACTIONAL RECORDS ACCESS ...
18 USC § 2703 - Required disclosure of customer communications or records
(a) Contents of Wire or Electronic Communications in Electronic Storage.— A governmental entity may require the disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service of the contents of a wire or electronic communication, that is in electronic storage in an electronic communications system for one hundred and eighty days or less, only pursuant to a warrant issued using the procedures described in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (or, in the case of a State court, issued using State warrant procedures) by a court of competent jurisdiction ...
18 USC § 2712 - Civil actions against the United States
(a) In General.— Any person who is aggrieved by any willful violation of this chapter or of chapter 119 of this title or of sections 106(a), 305(a), or 405(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) may commence an action in United States District Court against the United States to recover money damages ...
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-121