"I disagree, sir." Tom made sure that the button lens of the recorder swept across Furlann’s arrangements. "If you really do understand what Captain Furlann has set up, then you must also understand that the procedures you’re preparing to employ are illegal, even for military intelligence pursuing security matters within the military. With regard to civilians, including hostile agents, such procedures are only allowable after showing due cause for the record during a national emergency, which has not yet been declared. Since martial law is not yet in force, civil liberties haven’t been suspended." Tom pointed out.