Your absolutely right, it is an invasion of privacy to the extent of perversion. There is no excuse for that, and the Federal judge has made a point of this by calling the Patriot Act UN-Constitutional. When the Democrats take over Congress this will be addressed for sure first thing. I believe Bush will be indicted over this failure to up-hold the Constitution instead of tear it down.
2006-08-19 06:38:35
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answered by Anonymous
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Anyone that believes that the pros outwheigh the cons is a coward and an ignorant fool. The NSA is allowed by law to spy on people whenever they want...they just have to get a warrant from the FISA court...and FISA has never denied a warrant. They can even apply for the warrant 72 hours AFTER they do the spying. If they (and Bush, who commanded them to do it) are going to try to circumvent the FISA court, they must be doing something that even FISA wouldn't allow...and like I said, they've never turned down an application.
Why should our president be above the law? How can people say "He's the president, he can do what he likes", when the same people were impeaching (unsuccessfully as their argument was BS) Clinton for getting a little oral sex! Conservatives don't have a problem with a man who murders hundreds of thousands of people, lies to the country to get them to allow him to go to war, spies on American civilians, destroys our economy, crushes our education system, tries (and fails because noone is stupid enough to fall for this line) to destroy social security and medicare, has largely destroyed medicaid, lowered the median family income by over $9,000/yr, all while giving tax cuts to the uber-rich and leaving the rest of us to drown in a debt higher than that incurred during the presidencies of all of our former presidents combined! And that includes Bush Sr and Reagan, who had each had the previous record and had incurred more debt than every president prior to himself combined!
Are you really going to let their lies about a huge terrorist system sway you to give up all of your freedom? Isn't that what we're supposedly fighting for?
2006-08-19 12:50:43
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answered by corwynwulfhund 3
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It's a simple question of law.
Let's all agree that a particular thing needs to happen. Assume that's a given. It needs to happen. But there are two ways to do it.
One way is legal. It involves a bit of paperwork, but you can do the paperwork afterwards if you're in a rush. The other way is illegal. But both accomplish the exact same thing.
What possible justification can law enforcement personnel claim to use illegal method, when there was a legal method that gave them the exact same results.
That's the issue with the NSA program. Everything Bush wanted to do he could have done according to the existing laws. Everything. He just didn't want to be bothered.
2006-08-19 12:40:51
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answered by coragryph 7
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Don't mind at all. I love HI Express.
2006-08-19 12:39:54
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answered by lighthouse 4
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ha ha...this one made me laugh.
2006-08-19 12:40:14
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answered by Heather 4
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