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Exception Expands Domestic Surveillance
drDugan writes "The Washington Post is reporting the next phase of American progress authorizing intelligence agencies to spy on law-abiding citizens without oversight. Primarily, new legislation allows an 'intelligence exception' to the privacy act 'allowing the FBI and others to share information gathered about U.S. citizens with the Pentagon, CIA and other intelligence agencies, as long as the data is deemed to be related to foreign intelligence. Backers say the measure is needed to strengthen investigations into terrorism or weapons of mass destruction.'"
It will only add to your jail sentence.
Be careful what you post here... I am sure they are reading it.... HaHa (er, i think thats a joke???)
And All I Ask is a Tall Ship And a Star to Steer Her By
Oh shit
Great idea. Why don't we start by catching what's-his-name. You know. With the beard. Blew up the World Trade Center? It'll come to me.
As soon as Bush has eliminated every last terrorist on Earth we can declare the War on Terrorism over and have our rights returned to us. Meanwhile the best we can do is grant extreme powers to the government so that we can hasten that day. If these nay-sayers all had their way then the government would be so crippled that this war would be unwinnable and we'll never get our rights back. The people complaining of our loss of rights are the ones who are bringing about their permanent demise.
This argument is about whether spy agencies (i.e., agencies without public oversight) should be permitted to target U.S. citizens.
As you and I know, these spy agencies truly have our best interests at heart. Their agents may have been raised differently, with different interpersonal experiences as you say, but who are we to distrust an axe murderer when he's only treating others as he was taught to treat them? If he believes that spying on me is in my best interest, I fully support his position of extrajudicial power.
I find the points you've raised to be refreshingly honest. Indeed, as you imply, if there is ever the slightest possibility of any U.S. citizen cooperating with a foreign body, we should empower our international spy agencies to surveil and eradicate all potential invaders (who, logically, consist of all U.S. citizens).
Thank god for a voice of reason in post-911 world, where we must realize that we are always at war, and will always be at war, and we must sacrifice our freedom to defend our liberty.
The good news is that there will be fiber-optic lines to every home.
The bad news is that most of the bandwidth will be used for outbound traffic from the telescreens in every room...