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2006-07-31 Home Front: WoT

A flawed approach to terrorist surveillance

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Posted by ryuge 2006-07-31 07:08|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Why does Specter think he is god?

Posted by 3dc 2006-07-31 07:38|| 2006-07-31 07:38|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm not sure that spying on Americans without warrants is a "key aspect of the global war against terrorist organizations". More of a colossal waste of time checking up on every teenager who says "da bomb", coupled with a chance for a president to abuse the system to spy on the political opposition.

9/11 didn't happen because the FBI didn't have enough _data_, it happened because they sat on their thumbs.

Posted by CTD">CTD 2006-07-31 07:42|| 2006-07-31 07:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Well if they didn't want the President to have the power Congress should not have given him the power when they voted for the damn war. Specter lost and he knows it no court going to take away the executive power and give it to Congess.

Posted by djohn66 2006-07-31 08:49|| 2006-07-31 08:49|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm not sure that spying on Americans without warrants is a "key aspect of the global war against terrorist organizations"

Your right, listening in on every teenager with a little angst is a waste of time. Listening to conversations that originate in Afghanistan then to Florida is. Then picking up the trail and links to find the next sleeper cel is no ones waste of time. It is foolish to think AQ and Hez do not have operatives here in America, just go to the UN and watch them enjoy coffee at the nearest starbucks. It is also foolish and a bit fear mongering to think the FBI has the interest in anything but finding terrorists with this program.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-07-31 11:56|| 2006-07-31 11:56|| Front Page Top

#5 You're right, but that's also stuff we could get a warrant for.

Doing away with warrants in our surveillance doesn't help the feds - they were drowning in data even before 9/11. But it does invite abuse.

Posted by CTD">CTD 2006-07-31 15:15|| 2006-07-31 15:15|| Front Page Top

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