Re: Something we can all agree on


"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:08:56 -0800, "Richard Henry" <rphenry@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Dr. Anton T. Squeegee" <SpammersAreJerks@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:MPG.1e0deca15e682fdf989735@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> In article <MsNof.319$xF6.166@fed1read01>, rphenry@xxxxxxxx says...
> >>
> >> > I see the Senate has killed the "Patriot" Act.
> >>
> >> Not the whole act, regrettably... Just some portions of it that
> >> were particularly nasty.
> >>
> >
> >It appears I was a little hasty. I see by CNN today that W has decided
he
> >can authorize wiretaps without all that messy warrant business, that he
can
> >keep the process a secret, and that he can complain that it "damages our
> >national security" to disagree with him about it.
>
> Anybody who makes an international telephone call should assume that
> lots of people in lots of countries are listening in.
>
> Besides, Congress knew about it.
>
> http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/17/D8EI32N00.html
>
>
> Personally, I don't understand all this shrieking about "privacy." I'd
> rather a small risk of my phone calls being overheard than a small
> risk of being blown to bits.

It's not the listening to phone calls that is the problem, but doing it
without a warrant, especially since a secure method exists to get the
warrants. There is also a law against it (warrantless wiretaps on US soil),
inspired by previous Presidents' misbehaviors.

So now that W has admitted committing a crime, and has confirmed that he
will do it again, when do the impeachment hearings start?


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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Something we can all agree on
    ... >>>can authorize wiretaps without all that messy warrant business, ... >> lots of people in lots of countries are listening in. ... >> risk of being blown to bits. ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: why spying on americans without a warrant is a crime
    ... >plenty of time to get a warrant to extend your listening time. ... >some poor slob just didn't have enough legal training, or didn't care, ... >do it because nobody TOLD him to do it, ...
    (soc.retirement)
  • Re: OT - Bush the Constitutionalist President (part 2)
    ... just like the law states. ... all warrants require probable cause before the warrant is issued. ... >> calls from know terrorists, to people in this country, you do not know at ... >> listening, ...
    (rec.outdoors.rv-travel)
  • Re: why spying on americans without a warrant is a crime
    ... >> you plenty of time to get a warrant to extend your listening time. ... Josh Rosenbluth ...
    (soc.retirement)
  • Re: The point that people are missing in domestic spying
    ... You don't need a new warrant to tap each call - once you have that warrant ... But how are they going to know without listening? ... I mean they have some reasons for suspicion to begin with, ... ....and that is the price we pay for freedom. ...
    (rec.sport.football.college)