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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: stockman_scott who wrote (61584)5/19/2006 5:31:44 PM
From: Orcastraiter  Read Replies (1) of 93284
 
Can someone explain to me why every phone call needs to be logged by the government?

I certainly understand the need to monitor communications between terrorists. That's a no brainer. And I certainly see the need to develop patterns of terrorist calls and to identify the netwok of calls and callers. We need to know about the web they weave. No doubt.

But I fail to see why a log of every single call is needed.

The potential for abuse of these phone records is obvious. Nixon used his power to spy on his political adversaries. What safegaurds are in place to prevent Cheney form ordering up the phone calls of Senator Kerry, or....?

We need to maintain the checks and balances.

Orca
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