Do you believe that it is right that congress has recently made it legal for George Bush to wire tap our phones, our fifth ammendment gives us the right to due process! Is Bush taking away our freedom as Americans?
2007-08-06 18:58:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
He"s been very busy lately committing all the terrible acts attributed to him. So he just don't have time to go get a warrant. Got to get out the black bag and go. Has to be back by dinner to make a Hurricane.
2007-08-06 19:05:56 · answer #1 · answered by vladoviking 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They've given him the power to tap phone conversations without obtaining a court's permission, where one party is an overseas terror suspect. The law sunsets in six months, so the debate will continue from there.
No it's not a concession I think the president needs or should have. It passed, apparently, because, after having gotten a few concessions, some democrats decided that letting it go for six months and taking the issue up again later was good enough for now, if it meant they didn't have to work during their vacation.
If that's the case, I hope the party considers carefully whether it needs them.
2007-08-06 19:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course he is breaking the law. Nixon's crimes seems like child's play compared to this regime. Torture and rendition, not allowing congress to review Bush's policies in case of a terrorist attack.... Bush had been spying on Americans for years. None of these criminals are getting punished for their crimes. Alberto Gonzales should be the first to go. These criminals don't follow any of the law but let an American pile up some parking or traffic tickets and they will be treated like a hardcore criminal. The sad truth is the amount of willfully ignorant Americans that hide their heads in the sand. The ones that mention Al Qa'ida and the "Terrorist" as an excuse or justification to loose our God given freedoms and liberties are the biggest fools. The ones that wave Chinese made American flags singing about how free we are are an embarrassment . I am glad more American are waking up to the truth, but not nearly enough. Please pray for this country, we have lost our souls.
2007-08-06 19:33:11 · answer #3 · answered by Introspective Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush has acknowledged the NSA program monitors Americans' international phone calls and e-mails without court authorization, but says the program only targets communications where one side or the other has suspected terrorist connections. I just wish we would of had these protocalls in place in The United States when terrorists were attending flight school on American soil in Florida. Maybe we would of been able to prevent 9/11. Who knows. I say tap my phone, read my e-mails and protect my children.
2007-08-07 02:28:26 · answer #4 · answered by fire_side_2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well actually the 4th amendment says " unreasonable search"
Isn't it reasonable to tap the phone conversations of suspected terrorist living outside the United States, even though they call a US phone number ?
It already legal to tap a suspected terrorist living outside the US, who calls a non US phone number.
Now they are just giving permission to tap all the suspected terrorist phone calls, who lives outside the US.
The law doesn't apply to phone calls originated in the United States.
2007-08-06 19:07:37 · answer #5 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no for the time of the american Civil conflict, government officers under President Abraham Lincoln eavesdropped on telegraph conversations. Wiretapping has additionally been achieved under maximum Presidents, in many cases with a lawful warrant using fact the wonderful court governed it constitutional in 1928. kin wiretapping under the Clinton administration brought about the capture of Aldrich Ames, a former Soviet secret agent in 1994. Robert F. Kennedy monitored the pastime of Martin Luther King Jr. by potential of wiretapping in 1966. the main recent case of kin wiretapping replaced into the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy discovered in December 2005. It aroused plenty controversy, after countless human beings accused President George W. Bush of violating a particular federal statute (FISA) and the U. S. shape. The president argued his authorization replaced into consistent with different federal statutes (AUMF), different provisions of the form, and replaced into had to maintain usa secure from terrorism, and ought to bring about the capture of infamous terrorists to blame for 9/eleven.
2016-10-14 06:28:00 · answer #6 · answered by rud 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They just have this wacky idea that terrorists use phones to pass information. You can rest assured that they have to have a very good case in order to tap your phone.
2007-08-06 19:04:45 · answer #7 · answered by DOOM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen to you guys Bush,Bush,Bush it was your Congress that that passed the bill but yet you blame Bush.I don't recall was this on their big list to accomplish when they lied ...I mean said what they needed to to get votes and you guys fell for it .
2007-08-06 20:20:10 · answer #8 · answered by josh m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't believe it is right, they are using fear as a tool to take our privacy and freedom away, they don't just have the "legal right" to tap US civillian's phones now , but they can read your e-mails and mail also.
2007-08-06 19:13:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may not be "right" but it is reality. And what I think or believe matters very little. Welcome to reality. A bigger question, if you think this is happening, is what are you willing to do about it? Get educated and participate.
2007-08-06 19:09:02 · answer #10 · answered by solo_powered_boatie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋