This is a matter of expediency, with our rights being sacrificed on the altar of convenience.
The administration hasn't complained about judges denying them wiretaps. They're simply bypassing the proceedure so they can spy on whoever they please in contradiction of your rights!
How much time does it take to bring evidence before a judge to justify a wire-tap? Why is time so critical to the NSA, CIA, etc. that they can't ask a judge for permission?
Even in instances where time is off the essence, they could put on the wire tap and then get the permission from the court after the fact, or would have to terminate the tap if the judge decided the evidence was lacking.
It's a matter of trust. I don't trust the Bush administration at all, and feel that I have a very good reason to. At the same time, I don't want them to be encumbered in their efforts to proctect us, but I do want them to follow the law in doing so.
If there were a legitimate reason for this, I might give them the benefit of the doubt, but they haven't given a reason and took umbrage when someone "blew the whistle on the taps, calling the leak shamefull" What's shamefull is that this administration has no respect for you or your rights whatsoever, and is using this war as an excuse to take your liberties away!
Just how many Americans are in contact with foreigners, conspiring to bring the country down? If I knew of one, I'd be the first to call the government in to get the weasel. Somehow, I don't belive there are that many conspirators within the US working to overthrow our government.
We've had one attack, and we've invaded two countries in response. We still haven't captured Bin Laden and as of yet there's been no legitimate explanation as for how three planes took off, disabled their transponders and weren't immediatly intecepted by jets from nearby military bases, standard operating procedure, by the way!
We also have Condoleeza Rice lying saying that no one could have anticipated planes being flown into buildings when the CIA did specifically inform the administration of that threat a short time before 9-11.
Trust is something that needs to be earned, and George Bush has done nothing to earn my trust. He is either incompetant or he is doing things deliberatly which are not in our best interests. The budget deficit, trade deficit and the dollar are all going down the tubes, and so is America's prestige and respect in the world.
A premptive attack on an innocent nation has turned us into the bad guys in the worlds eye. I really want Bush out of office before he makes matters worse, but if that is done, it must be done by the law and not some act of violence.
If you look a the Patriot act and the language used, seen what the US has done to property rights with their ruling on emminent domain, and now this wire-tapping nonsense, I would say that our rights as US citizens are under a severe assault, not by Moslems dead set on killing us, but by our own inept government.
If our boys can't work within the law, then they should change the law. But they do not have the right to break our laws in order to do their job. That makes them criminals, RIGHT! :nod:
