President Bush signed into law on Sunday legislation that broadly expanded the government’s authority to eavesdrop on the international telephone calls and e-mail messages of American citizens without warrants.
The president, the vice president, the secretary of state, and the attorney general tell us that the president can order domestic spying inside this country -- without judicial oversight -- under his power as commander in chief. Really? Where do they find that in the Constitution?
So much for freedom of speech in the United States. The Bush administration is not just above the law, this administration seems to be saying that it IS the law!!!
Link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/washington/06nsa.html?th&emc=th
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I think it's ironic that America is looked at as the land of freedom and the loudest advocate of freedom by many countries, when in fact life here is so censored by the government as part of the so-called war on terror. What kind of freedom is it when you are constantly under surveillance and have to be careful about what you say and do? I wonder how Americans feel about trading their privacy and freedom for more security? Do you really feel safer?
I think there is some clause in the Constitution that has to do with when the country is at war, the president has authorities that he otherwise does not have. This made sense back when we were riding horses to deliver mail, and the president may very well have to make a quick decision and doesn't have time to consult everyone about it - but it doesn't make any sense in today's email/cell phone world.
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