Re: Domestic Spying
For everyone that keeps bring up "rights", please tell me where, in the constitution or any of it's amendments, that it states a court is needed DURRING WARTIME for the president or the defense department to eavesdrop on conversations ( please don't use the tired old "unlawful search and seizure argument)? <br />In the war powers act, where does it say that a judge is needed or that communication monitoring must cease immediately if one party is in the U.S. ?<br />Times have changed, we are no-longer dealing with a recognized, state-sponsored enemy that wears uniforms. We are dealing with cowards that hide amognst women and children and try to fly "below the radar". That does not make them any less deadly ( think of 911). We have been listening in on communications of our enemies for decades. The difference is that these days, just a few people that may even be here in the US, can cause serious damage. They no longer need a 2000 watt transmitter or need an operator to place (what once was a rare) over seas call, they can do it from a pre-paid cell phone. Our enemies no longer need to smuggle a tractor trailer full of explosives to do damage to us, they can do it with a suitcase. <br />Cry all you want about how the government hasn't done everything the 911 commision asked for,just don't object to a well founded intelligence gathering technique. Do you really think Atta and his gang from 911 didn't make a few cell calls to each other first ?<br />Finally, if you happen to be get arrested for talking to your brother-in-law, on your cell phone, about cheating on your taxes, then post that....we'll be in agreement that government spying has gone too far. If you know of a person that got arrested for any domestic crime that came from an "illegal" wiretap, let us all know....that would be a first.
