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FISA is a necessary part of a state. The state must be able to obtain information pertinent to the actions of other powers looking to undermine the security and sovereignty of its citizenry.
The FISA court was intended to be a way of preventing abuse of that state power, to ensure that it was only being used in the case of a credible fear/concern. There are laws related to how that information can be used, shared, etc for a reason, as well. There are many people watching these words, possibly even as I type them on my phone via a keylogger installed after I deliberately tripped their sensors. Or, perhaps not. I may never know, and they may never tell.
This is the importance of integrity in our systems. I am not sure if there is a better way to go about it - but there will always be a need for agents of our public body to investigate the actions of those who meet certain criteria, even when they are not a threat. Because you can't go back in time after events occur to investigate how conspiracies to harm us developed. You must do those in real time and it is an inherently sacred role to look in on the nakedness of others.
You don't see people naked. You still think dignity and face can be worn like clothing. You don't see the insanity of people who are just like each other beneath it all trying to use their clothing to wreak havoc on those around them…. But I digress.
When presented with evidence you believe to be accurate and relevant, you sign the warrant. That is how the system works. You don't get to say "Well… I really think the dude in that nice suit is a good fella" and act to protect him. You say "well, that evidence does point to a need to investigate these claims." And you sign the authorization.
Even if the FISA warrant turned out to be fruitless and to not turn up any evidence of wrongdoing - there are laws about who can see that the warrant ever existed and how that information can be used - no one needs to know that the government was poking through your shit for corn kernels. People can be vicious creatures who will then use "where there is smoke, there is fire." Because the mole on the underside of their dick is invisible beneath their clothing, they will take the opportunity to point out how silly your ass looks in that underwear (in your bedroom while you weren't normally visible).
If we are going to play this game, perhaps we should just see everyone naked. All the people pretending to be disgusted by tentacle porn exposed to their mind-break archive, all the people pretending to be morally upstanding shown for every time their eyes lingered on someone's ass. When everyone has their clothing stripped from them and their own behavior and virtues truly exposed to the world - I wonder who it is who will be fleeing into the darkest caves… And who will be shocked to find out they were more normal than they ever could have imagined.