Flawed and improper as such prior oral consent may have been, at least it demonstrates some good faith effort to comply with the concept of getting prior authorizationtoenter orders.
Woch had something akin to oral authorizationtoenter sell orders conditioned upon FDA approval, but those orders constituted a grant to the stockbroker of discretion, which needed to be in writing and approved by his firm (which was not what transpired).
In particular, he defended "sneak-and-peek" warrants that allow agents, with court authorization, toenter premises, examine what is there and then leave.