I understand about the invasion of privacy but do you really think they haven't been doing this for a very long time. Do we forget about J Edgar Hoover he did the same thing until he died. And the world has changed even methods of communications have changed so much in 60 years. Will e ever be safe again regardless of what the government does. I think not.
Collin
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Patriot act. Easiest way to take away rights ever.
u_bin_called
It's not just the "what" that is the issue...it is the "why" and "how."
What I mean is this: Why were the records of EVERY user needed? How can the Administration justify demanding ALL phone records for ALL Verizon users. How does that indicate that a targeted, focused investigation was taking place?
Please read the news...they didn't just as for access to all records... they asked for ALL RECORDS.
This leaves the door open to the possibility that something OTHER than national security was in play... You know, just like how something OTHER than tax collection was ALREADY PROVEN to be going on at the IRS..
Socrates
Show me a government that monitors all communications and I'll show you a hard-line, totalitarian State in the tradition of the old days of the Soviet Union or it's satellites.
Hob
They use other means. It would be easier to scrap the constitution and put cameras in every house. The top priority in the USA isn't making detective work easy for the state. It's supposed to be about protecting freedom and having a free society.
James Lavair
How about bringing our troops home to seal our borders, this will stop trafficking of guns, drugs, and illegals from getting into the USA.