If wiretapping happens domestically with OUT warrents, why is Bush Admin not like Gestapo?
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The republicans are all too happy to lay down their freedom at the feet of authority.  They are too short-sighted to see that power like this is abused all the time.  Severe abuse of power like we saw in WW2 is probably not going to happen any time soon in the US but when Republicans let their government roll them over and fail to insist on accountability or checks and balances, then they put everything every solider has ever died for at risk.\n\nVOTE YOUR REPUBLICANS REPS OUT OF OFFICE THIS NOVEMBER!
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Bush senior was the head of the CIA during the Carter administration.\n\nDuring this time the CIA was illegally selling arms to the contra rebels in Nicaragua and giving the money to Iran to keep the hostages that they took from the US embassy.\n\nAt the same time the Republicans were accusing the Democrats of not doing anything to get the hostages released thus swaying our own presidential election allowing Regan to get into office.
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It is never necessary to spy on americans on american soil without properly obtaining explicit authorization from another branch of government.  Telling a few people in congress is not a warrant.  That's what the bill of rights and separation of powers are all about.  If we give up our freedom to be safe we are all a bunch of cowards.  \n\nThe person probably chose to reveal the program because it is illegal and violates the FISA law.  If you read the law there is absolutely no possible way to legally wiretap without getting a warrant.  It even allows for a 72 hour grace period where you can tap the person without a warrant, you just have to get one later.
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I know you wouldnt think so, by listening to the media, but most americans agree with you. Liberals didnt complain when Clinton was wiretapping  suspected terrorists. Its such a double standard and more and more americans are waking up and seeing the truth. Bush is doing a better job than any liberal could do.
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Bush isn't spying in on your calls, the CIA has reviewed phone records and call patterns- not listening in on actual calls.\nIf we can prevent another 9-11 incident by watching call patterns wouldn't you expect it?\n\nPLEASE EVERYONE- READ THIS: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/12/19/114807.shtml
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They already have a law in place to listen to calls for 72 hours before they get a warrant. It's the FISA law. And the president is to obey the law, just like us.Without oversight, the president can wiretap anybody he wants. That is what got Nixon in trouble and caused the creation of the FISA law.
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Democratic leaders aren't so immature and petty as to go around impeaching everyone they don't like.  Unlike Republican leaders who impeached a president for his lying about his sex life, Democrats are able to behave in a mature and responsible fashion and realize that impeaching a president for a couple minor infractions like forging evidence to starting a war and ordering illegal wiretaps on US citizens won't accomplish anything.\n\nI, however, am not as mature as many of our political leaders and think it would be really freaking cool if Bush were impeached.  However, if he were removed from office we'd be left with Cheney.  This would be unfortunate in that we'd have all the same policy without Bush's highly entertaining abuse of the English language.\n\nOh, and just to clarify, Clinton was impeached.  Impeachment does not refer to removal from office, but rather the initation of a hearing to determine if removal is necessary.
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I believe that the gubment monitors every aspect of telecommunications. Bush is the crookedest mofo to have squatted in the whitehouse in years. He has allowed spying in the USA under the guise that he is trying to foil terrorism. His dad used to be the deputy director of the CIA. So he has and will to continue to do whatever he and his vp deputy dog want to do.
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at this point in time, our gov. has become what hilter wanted tobe. the prez. does what he wants to, with no care for eu laws, or for the wellfare of his own people. he has been able to sew up the power of the intelligence agencies to be accountable only to him, the lines between the milatary,paramiatary, and civilian police offices have becomeso blurred that it is hard to understand where the power lies.  \nall i understand is that we live in a very danergerous time now in this country.
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no! it makes me feel less safe in my own daily environment, and i know a lot of people that feel the same way. not only are the nsa's domestic spying operations illegal, but they are irrelevant, if not counterproductive, to achieving a real sense of security for the average american.
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The Bush Administration has used an interesting method to say one thing and mean another. Like the comments of Bush in his joint statement with the Leader of Austria. Talking about Iran, he boldly states that America is transparent in it's govermental conduct. We all know about NSA Thing, the FISA Court, the Cheney meeting with the heads of the oil companies, the Plame affair including the yellow cake statements made by the President in the STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH  and so forth. \nAnd, can anyone deny that Bush loves a secret any secret, and where I come from, America, secrets are not transparent. So Bush or Tony ShowBusiness may say it, but that doesn't make it true.
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First of all, the only info that people have access to is what they hear from the news. Now come on do you really think that the media has full access to everything that's going on in Washington? NO! We don't know all the details about what the president is doing. I'll tell you one thing though, what Bush is doing is no comparison to the crimes that Sadam commited. The countless amounts of people that he tortured and murdered is far worse of a crime than spying on possible terrorists in the U.S. that may harm Americans. Americans are so stupid in general thinking that their civil liberties are being violated by allowing the patriot to continue. Come on, do you really think the government is spying on you? If you do then, you're probably doing some shit you shouldn't be doing. I don't mind if they want to spy on me, I have nothing to hide. Bottom line, I agree with what the president is doing.
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A matter of weeks, maybe days. If Bush chooses to ignore the protections in the PATRIOT Act - which he has signed an affidavit saying he has the right to do - then there will be no protections, given how cowed everyone has been about taking him on regarding the NSA wiretaps.
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You must have talked to the President recently,because as far as I know he admitted of spying after the 9/11 attacks of intercepting Messages coming from foreigners that might have Terrorist connections here,that's how they found out the Brooklin Bridge was a target,On the other hand spying was done on Americans like M.L King on the orders of Robert Kennedy,spying was done by Nixon on democratic headquarters,even Clinton ordered some spying because of terrorists in this country,the only difference is that Bush did not bother to get the warrants necesary,but after 9/11, congress themselves gave him the powers to protect this country,whether congress went into specifics on how it should be done is still not known
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There is a lot more to homeland security than Bush. Lots of good agents doing a good job. Even in Clinton's time many, many attacks were thwarted, so it isn't fair to give all the credit to bush.
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Warrants are required for all wiretaps involving united states citizens.  It is a law called the "Foreign Intelligence Survelliance Act".  It expressly says that it must be followed by all government agencies.  READ IT.  It's in English.  Bush has admitted to breaking that law, but the republican congress has decided not to investigate.\n\nSince there are no warrants, nobody knows if there are terrorists on the other end or not.  It does not have to be legally established.\n\nAlso, when US Attorney General Alberto gonzales testified before congress, he was asked if he could gaurantee that the progam was not being used to monitor calls that originated and ended in WITHIN THE USA, with us citizens on both ends.  He said he could not gaurantee that.
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I'm not sure if your first paragraph contained a question or not... I do have enough military experience to know that our government is not nearly as good at keeping secrets as a lot of conspiracy theorists would like us to believe (all these years and not one poor Private First Class stuck on guard duty got drunk and said something?  Uh-huh.).\n\nAs to your last bit, I think we disagree.  I may not believe all that I'm told by druggies, but if someone who uses drugs yells "Look out!  There's a car coming!", I'm likely to look up, and maybe even get out of the way.