Are the Government wire taps on terrorists a violation of privacy?

Question

Do the wire taps inhibit free speech, a violation of the terrorists rights?

Answer 1

Nope.

Answer 2

Of course not. Even the most liberal liberals think we should be listening in on terrorists, drug dealers, and other bad guys.

Conservatives keep saying this is about the rights of terrorists. This is just a lie. It has never been about that ans it never will. It is about the rights of everyone else and a political system of checks and balances.

The reason the Constitution requires a court order for wire tapping and other searches it to ensure the government is in fact spying on bad guys and not regular Americans. It is about oversight so one branch of government does not get too powerful.

Think about it this way. In 2008 if we had President Hillary won;t you be glad that you have the courts to make sure she is not wiretapping the phones of conservatives?

Answer 3

it is fine as long as the Legislative or Judicial branch has oversight of its dealings (I answered a question a while back made by a conservative that said that the Justice DEPARTMENT was overseeing it, so it was ok...he didn't know that the Justice DEPARTMENT is part of the Executive branch and does whatever the President says)....FISA was invented in the '70s to combat the Executive branch from having the power to wiretap anyone in the name of security (remember Nixon and his covert actions against the Democratic party)...it really isn't about personal freedoms as it is about controlling a president (of any party) from gaining the upper hand politically by using his own office...even if a person is neither right or left, they should appreciate that balance must be maintained between the 2 major parties.....Bush has backed down on this wire tapping, because it is illegal and he knows it.

Answer 4

nope - not at all. If terrorists are planning an attack somewhere, wouldn't you want our government to consider taking all possible precautions and using all avenues there are to prevent it? And besides, since when to killers have rights? Terrorists have no rights. When they choose to kill or plan attacks against innocent people, they have forfeited their rights, so therefore, it is not a voilation on our government's part to wire tap them. If wire tapping helps prevent another 9/11, then it's certainly not a violation of rights - besides, as I said, since when do terrorists have any rights? What about the rights of the innocent people they plan to kill?

Answer 5

The government can and does tap away quite cheerily, on darn near anyone it wants to, and it can do it without a warrant if it wants to as long as it gets one within three days. Bush has said that it is his right not to need a warrant at all not three days later, or ever, just at his direction and desire, and he never has to say who, or why, or what if anything they got. Only eleven times did that have to be done, eleven out of many thousands. This begs the question, "Why?" What made these eleven so secretive that the special judges who issue the warrants couldn't even know about them, they all have clearances, so why. You are asking to trust, not just this President, but all who follow him to have the ability to go around due process. If you trust this President to tap into your lines, will you trust the next one? Or the one after that? We have laws for reasons, and when you have someone, even a president make decisions on a no one needs to know basis, you are asking for trouble. Its just to easy to abuse this one, it could be used for political purposes, it could be used to frighten or sway votes in Congress, its just to dangerous to put this power into one man without oversight.

Answer 6

Its not only terrorists being wiretapped, its ordinary Americans. We are bound by our constitution against unreasonable search and seizures. Thousands of people have had their calls monitored and information handed over from the phone companies- all with out a single warrant being issued from a judge. The executive branch should not have that kind of power.

Answer 7

Yes. All the evidence we have that they are terrorists is given to us by the government, which does not really have the greatest track record in the world when it comes to truthfulness. It'll start out just being terrorists who are wiretapped...then it'll be all Muslims...then homosexuals...then maybe you.

Answer 8

Who decides who is a Terrorists? Bush, CIA, FBI? Who? This action violates the law.

Answer 9

Terrorists do not have rights in MY country! Freedom of speech? They speak by murdering innocent civilians, you know women, children. If they don't like it here they can always LEAVE!

Answer 10

It is an invasion of privacy. I wouldn't mind because I don't hav anything to hide but they still don't protect us from everything. I say do it if you can protect the honest people!