Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

They can very easily get the location of your call phone and the numbers of all the people you call. They need a court order to actually tap the phone. Usually someone finds out their phone was tapped when they are pulled over for a 'broken taillight.'

Any time they get a court order, for as long as the order lasts. You won't know it exists, duh, it is secret. Also, if they claim it is a national security issue, the feds don't even need a court order now, thanks to good ol' Progressive, big government control promoting, Obama's rules.