George Bush on illegal warrantless wiretapping

Anyone not receiving phone calls from suspected terrorists has nothing to fear. President Bush makes a very good point in saying that if terrorists are calling someone in the United States, we want to know what they are talking about. So far 5 of the 11 circuit courts - including the 9th which arguably the most liberal in the country - has stated the president was given the authority to listen in to such phone conversations by congress after 9/11. Judge Taylor who recently struck down that right is associated with the ACLU and was chomping at the bit to strike at Bush. The fact that the case ended up in her court was not coincidence. The plaintives were flagrantly guilty of judge-shopping. Her ruling will almost certainly be overturned by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.

 

I feel nauseous. Trust Bush, he may be ignoring the constitution but he has our best interest in mind... :nope: I'm glad you guys aren't in charge of regulating the country. How can you have such a lack of foresight? Even if Bush does have our best interest in mind, a future president who has the support of less than half the country and refuses to consider any side of any point but his own while pushing his own agenda may not have the country's best interest in mind. There is a real need to draw up guidelines to safeguard our freedoms. Though security must be considered, it doesn't mean that freedom can be ignored. Eventually it does come down to a matter of trust, but trust (safety) and freedom (guidelines) must both be considered.

If the Bush administration is doing that, they need to do a much better job of communcating it. This country is so polarized I'd say whoever is in charge isn't doing a very good job of uniting the country. And I really don't think we are significantly safer now than we were before Bush took over the presidency. One reason is that there are so many holes that anything close to total security is an illusion.

 

Polly want a cracker?

Quit listening to the liberal media and open your eyes.

 

I just saw that and read that this was a small sample of mainly democrats. Red, would you vote for Hillary even though we don't know who the Republican canidate will be?

 

I can promise you that every president has broken some law in their time in office. Besides, how was the British terror plot that is now increasing your delay time at the airport?....wire-tapping. The Clinton Administration claimed that increased wire-tapping authority was needed to protect "national security" from a "terrorist threat" and that was when terrorism was at a 25 year low. So, what is the difference between the two.

 

Another neo-con like say, Reagan? You'd vote for Reagan? I doubt it. Go ahead, tell everyone you voted for Carter and Mondale with the other 2 people in the country.