On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > I said that the warrantless wiretapping program was OK as long as it > targeted terrorist activities (your guru Obama is on the same page as me on > this count).
The problem with this is that those in power get to define who is a terrorist, and they aren't beyond using this kind of unlimited wiretapping to go after their enemies. One of the reasons that some of us protested the warrentless wiretapping so vehemently is that we remember how badly it can be misused. Google Nixon and wiretapping. >As far as KSM and the other AQ leadership goes, I am satisfied > that whatever the CIA did to them saved the lives of a lot of innocent > people. If Obama ever has to make the same choice about getting critical > intelligence to prevent imminent attacks against Americans (and let's hope he > doesn't have to make the choice), I'll bet he makes the same choice Bush > did. This is a tough ethical problem for me. Personally, I'd like to do whatever was necessary to prevent another attack, but the thought of the government having the power to do that scares me. Frankly, I will admit to be more afraid of losing my freedoms to an unrestrained government than I do to foreign terrorists. Without due process, we have no way of knowing who the government is silencing, or why. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290413 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
