"I realize that this bill basically says you can tap someone's phone for jaywalking, and normally I would say, 'No way,' " said Del. Dana Lee Dembrow (D-Montgomery). "But after what happened on September 11th, I say screw 'em."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12099-2002Mar24.html Just in case you didn't know how a totalitarian police-state coup grows, more excerpts: Given the potential for mass casualties, said Del. Robert A. Zirkin (D-Baltimore County), the occasional intrusion into lives "seems worth the risk." "I know it's hard to swallow," Zirkin said. "But I think we need to take a couple steps in that direction right now." ---- Reminds me of when a sociologist was interviewing a southern farmer: Why do you think the murder rate is higher in the south? I guess more southerners need killin'.
