Dep. Dir. of Natl. Security, Donald Kerr told a congressional committee that Americans will have to get used to the idea that their right to privacy simply isn't going to be supported by 'their' government anymore. The idea of anonymity has gone the way of the buffalo. Nothing you do or say is beyond the reach of government. I always thought the government workd for us.....wadda' 'ya think?
2007-11-11 03:35:01 · 11 answers · asked by Noah H 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Just like the definition of torture.
2007-11-11 03:41:04 · answer #1 · answered by Mitchell 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
it relatively is basically the character of governments to come to a decision directly to have greater ability. you're good, the two events are accountable of this. 9/11 has given the Bush administration the perfect justification to do all the failings they had to do first of all, commencing with the PATRIOT Act which replaced into written and able to pass till now the airplanes hit the towers, and warrantless wiretapping which began till now 9/11. And coming up a clean cabinet-point branch to guard 'place of delivery protection' and giving all of them the flexibility and scarcity of duty of a secret police stress. yet bill Clinton did those products too. undergo in recommendations the regulation outlawing encryption of telephone calls and e-mails different than with encryption procedures that would desire to relatively be broken by employing regulation enforcement officers? Constitutional and civil rights do no longer come -down- from government, they arrive -up- from the persons, the persons stress government. to furnish those rights. while the administrative. abuses the rights and persons basically shrug their shoulders, government. gets greater formidable and abuses -greater- rights.
2016-10-16 03:15:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. We are going to have to understand the proper function of government. All we have to do is to read the Constitution.
The American people have to decide if they want to live in freedom or they want to live in tyranny. If they chose tyranny, they don't have to do anything. Tyranny is rapidly approaching.
In a free country, the privacy of the individual is protected, especially from government. It is government who can do the most harm to the individual. In a free country, the government has very few secrets from the citizen. Government needs to be open. No secret deals with other governments. no secret trial. no refusal of politicians to testify publicly and under oath.
In a free nation, government needs a warrant to search the individuals property. No individual can be imprisoned without charged (habeas corpus), deprived of legal council, given a secret trial using secret evidence, and be unable to face his accuser (provisions of the Military Commissions Act. IN A FREE NATION NOBODY IS TORTURED.
We need to realize that many of our politicians are really just criminals. They have broken many laws, including their oath to the Constitution. They operate under color of law, but their actions are illegal.
Now you know why I am voting for Ron Paul.
2007-11-11 04:11:30 · answer #3 · answered by iraqisax 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Americans are not going to give up our civil librties (which is what theis jerk is really demanding) to comply with the unAmerican agenda of the Bush regime.
And no American gives a rat's behind if "our government desn't support it." The PEOPLE are in charge in the Unitedd States. Kerr is unfit to hold public office and should be fired. Not resign--fired.
2007-11-11 03:47:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The dictionary defines "privacy" based upon how it's used plus its origin. It's hard to change its origin.
2007-11-11 03:43:58 · answer #5 · answered by Fred S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it stinks. But I also understand the top priorities of Americans today-- illegal immigration and terrorism. You cannot expect to effectively deal with those issues and keep your privacy intact. And I'd say our privacy ended with the internet, anyway.
2007-11-11 03:42:27 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Bush should fire that guy today.
And everyone else who shares that opnion.
If they can not protect Americans with out invading privacy they get the **** out of office.
2007-11-11 03:39:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Welcome to America
Is everybody ready for a change?
Otherwise it will only get worse. Much worse.
We are allowing ourselves to be hauled down the road toward socialism at a pretty high rate of speed.
2007-11-11 03:40:17 · answer #8 · answered by Al a voter 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I still have my privacy, are you inviting terrorists to your house, do not invite Hillary and Barack and your privacy will remain intact.
2007-11-11 03:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by MY NAME MICHELLE I HATE AMERICA 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
what is your definition, are you walked in on while you are playing with yourself> NO
Are you listened to when you have your chats with terrorist>YES
2007-11-11 03:47:29 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋