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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (343137)	1/14/2003 4:33:07 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

No, they are not 'all available' (the cell phone locator system is still being rolled out, for example. File keeping on political activity is banned in certain jurisdictions. Wiretaps on ISPs used to require a court order... not merely the request of a 'government official'). Re: "No one who is the subject of an inquiry has privacy anyway." >>> Actually, we are supposed to... at least that's how constitutional law has been interpreted up to now. >>> We are also supposed to have legal expedients. >>> And, such information gathering was previously targeted at 'suspects'... never before has information on ALL AMERICANS been gathered or treated this way... that's the BIG DIFFERENCE. People not suspected of anything.