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Since this US Citizen had "Nothing to Hide" he should not mind that the FBI spied on him for years?
The FBI bugged his phones, ransacked his house, and followed him and his children around town without getting a warrant. They went into his office and confiscated documents relating to his clients. Maybe they got caught up in this mess, too.
It took him years of fighting and tens of thousands in legal fees to find a judge who would finally say "Get a warrant, Arrest him for a crime, or Leave him ALONE"
Who is Mayfield? A natural-born U.S. citizen with no criminal history. An honorably discharged military officer. A practicing lawyer.
But, since he has nothing to hide, he should not mind. Am I correct in my understanding of this issue?
Ok ok I know you guys like to bash the GOP because they got the ball rolling, but how did Ms. Clinton and Mr. Edwards vote on this issue? Hmmmm
You can't have a dictatorship in a "real" two-party system.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Not a single case same as 80% abused patriot acts.
- 1 decade ago
I'm afraid Wind... is right. In ten years, there are liable to be many more such situations. Americans are not permitted to know if the FBI is gathering information on them or whether they could be confused with someone else.
Pres. Bush is keeping everything classified, even information that has never been classified before. What is the point? I realize we are at "war", but some of this information has nothing whatsoever to do with that. His obsession with secrecy is not normal.
- wyldfyrLv 71 decade ago
KRR is obviously not familiar with this case. All these people who say "I have nothing to hide" should have to go through the harassment that this guy went through including the two weeks in jail. And these guys are also in favor of torture! The taxpayers are going to end up paying the $2million in damages and any more damages that are awarded as a result of abuses of the Patriot Act.
Source(s): I live in Oregon - Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes, according to neocons you are correct.
Harrassment doesn't count.
And Mayfield should make his case far more public and embarrass as many people as he can in the FBI and Bush Admin. who took off the leash on the FBI, which allowed them to harrass Mayfield in the first place.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
I am not familiar with the case or the allegations made herein, however, I would strongly object to having my house ranscaced, having doccuments confiscated and being followed by people. Sounds rather strange.
- CaesarLivesLv 51 decade ago
So this Russian in the Soviet Union is at the pub getting drunk. The barkeep asks him if everything's o.k.
"Kinda good news, bad news. Bad news; I went home from work and caught a KGB agent raping my wife, but the good news is I snuck out without him seeing me!"
Bush is a wet dream for authoritarians.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Well the fact that they confiscated documents on his clients, followed him and his family around is about the only things he should be worried about.
I wouldn't mind the government the phonetapping... as long as the other surveillence doesn't involve video... I do some pretty wierd stuff... Seriously dont ask...
- DuffmanLv 51 decade ago
The founding fathers were right. They wrote the Bill of Rights to protect us from that kind of thing.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
"If you have nothing to hide than you shouldn't mind" is the mantra of the likes of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Saddam.
It's usually heard the most just before your democracy becomes a dictatorship.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Within a decade that will be happening to many more Americans.
