And lets be clear...This would be calls in/out of the USA and you can't get a warrant for random mining. You are looking for the words or phrases to lead you to the terrorist so you don't know who you will catch till you caught them.
2006-08-20 01:58:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Foreign communications are monitored by NSA and GCHQ Cheltenham. When there is a US person involved, his or her or its identity is concealed. Foreign embassy communications are monitored to the degree that is possible.
No warrant is needed for the above.
Read The Puzzle Palace. It's out of date of course, but the principles are the same.
2006-08-20 02:32:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The problem with that is it's an ongoing infinite never-ending violation.
There are not just 10 terrorists of a thousands. There's no point when you could say, "we're done, we got them all".
There have always been threats to national security. There always will be. So, unless you can get the 4th Amendment repealed, what you're talking about is an absolute directly on-point violation of the core concept in the 4th Amendment.
It's not a slippery slope. It's a cliff. -- And once you go over it, there's no climbing back.
2006-08-20 11:18:30 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Let's ask the Supreme Court.
Random and warrantless searches assume guilt and unnecessarily risks privacy of our honorable citizens.
Isn't it more important to not punish the innocent than it is to punish the guilty?
What if we just arrange all e-mail traffic to go out of the country and return to envelop it in this foreign category?
2006-08-20 09:11:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
So if I say, for example, "The White House blows," I should be thrown into GitMo, tortured and brutalized sans trial, and become basically a non-person because it might make you sleep a little better?
Not only no........ F**K NO! This is AMERICA. We don't pull fascist crap like that. It's criminal.
2006-08-20 10:27:38 · answer #4 · answered by Schmorgen 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, do whatever it takes to catch them. If you have nothing to hide, then why not? We have to be willing to sacrifice for the good of our country and don't tie their(law enforcement) hands so they can't catch criminals.
2006-08-20 10:17:49 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
So far its No....this fishing expendition is a farce and the judge rightly saw through it!!!
2006-08-20 09:19:22 · answer #6 · answered by tough as hell 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes anything reasonable to protect us from terrorism.
2006-08-20 09:03:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋