How can ANYONE support domestic spying?

Question

I've heard some Bush defenders here say that if we don't have anything to hide, we shouldn't be bothered by domestic spying. Call me crazy, but I think that what I do in the privacy of my own home, car, phone, and e-mail account is my business and no one else's. If the government disagrees, then they'd damned well better get a warrant!

Answer 1

The Commander-in-Chief has absolute authority in time of war to conduct surveillance of the enemy.

Your question suggests that if the enemy happens to be on US soil, that the President must not watch him.

Bizarre.

Answer 2

Logic of a police state,that's how.The idea the government will only use these powers on "bad" people forgetting why civil liberties are vital for an open and free society.
They have no clue how important these rights are,why people died and fought wars to achieve them.

Once you follow the logic of a police state the door is wide open for the government to start a dictatorship.That's the whole point.Even if you trust THIS government not to go that far that really is irrelevant.The next governments will have the same powers.Civil liberties are a guarantee against oppression in a Democratic society because when the leader is elected you can not avoid the possibility of electing a tyrant.Civil liberties prevent the tyrant from taking over

Answer 3

We can't but it has been going on so long why get excited now...our rights are history and it has been known for a long time...I have recently downloaded Google Earth and am astounded just what can be seen...my car in my driveway, my back deck, my neighbour's pond and walkway, my neighbour's swimming pool...a friends tractor cutting the hay...it is frightening...if NASA releases these pictures, the question is: What are they capable of and not releasing?...migod they may be able to see though the roof and know when Bill and Reginald are having sex...no seriously it is out of control and there is no way to get it back short of an ananarchy movement..

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Amen.

There is this little thing called the Bill of Rights that states that "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

But then, that is just a god%#@& piece of paper...

Cons will say "if you're doing nothing wrong, you shouldn't care". I care because this government view dissent as unpatriotic - something wrong. Numerous newspaper reporters, peace activists, and liberal thinkers have already been wiretapped including rappers Jay-Z and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, R&B singer Alicia Keys, Billionaires for Bush and bicycling evangelists Critical Mass.

Answer 6

there has been no such thing as privacy since the end of the cold war, all those military installations were simply given more freedom to look not just outside our own borders but inside as well. e-mail, phone calls and the Internet are all monitored constantly for any "key" words or known code words.
its a shame but "big brother" is out there and he is definitely watching monitoring and recording all types of transmissions.
be careful he is probably watching right now......

Answer 7

It's not Domestic Spying. Jeeze, does anyone pay attention to anything? We are spying on international people, who have been deemed a terror suspect. These people do not live in the United States, they are foreign. We track their calls. IF they happen to dial a United States number, they better darn well continue ot moniter it, because that tells us that foreign terror suspects have contacts in the United States today. The government cannot moniter domestic communications without a warrant.

Answer 8

I agree with you except for one minor thing. We're at war. In times of war citizens have to know we're going to give up a little freedom.

I just flew for the first time in a while. Talk about invading your privacy. I had to take my shoes off. My laptop had to come out and placed separately in a bin. I had three bins of stuff going through the metal detector. And to top it off, I had stuck a banana and an apple in my pocket. The guy at the metal detector noticed them and made me stick them through the x ray machine. No one at this airport security table had a sense of humor. it was pretty surreal.

Answer 9

you will note that the same people using that "nothing to hide" reasoning refuse to testify publicly, with transcripts and under oath, before congress...

guess they have something to hide then, using their own logic

the KGB would have envied the kind of systemic control the government has over the media and peoples minds in this country.

Answer 10

How do you think we stopped and are currently stopping attacks against the US? Just luck? Great Britain, Germany, Italy ALL have domestic spying programs and have caught terrorists wanting to do them and US interests harm.

If listening to me gossip on the phone to my friends during the day is of interest to the CIA I would worry, but I am PRETTY SURE they are listening to SUSPECTED AL QAEDA members and other "terrorists"!