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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Lane3 who wrote (7280)12/18/2005 9:40:10 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 541376
 
Protections exist, and getting a warrant against a terrorist isn't going to be difficult. A government can do plenty of snooping with court approved devices- and they only need to show a little probable cause. If they don't have any probable cause, they shouldn't be snooping, because the guess work of the government has not been, and probably will not be in the future, very good (guess work meaning when the government "imagines" someone might be doing something wrong, even though there is no evidence for this).

If the Feds had done proper police work and communicated, they could have caught the 9/11 bombers WITH all constitutional protections in place. Once you realize that, you realize that we don't really need the patriot act- we just need competent people.

If there were a price to be paid for getting warrants I would be willing to pay it, but really, I don't think there is one.
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