RickSP
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Conservatives have traditionally been concerned with protecting the Constitution yet completely ignore Bush's trampling on the right of habeas corpus and virtually the entire Bill of Rights.
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This may in fact be resolved in the courts. It is a knotty problem..Do Congressional Statutes
trump the Constitution. Does 4th Amendment apply in communications in war by a known enemy? Normally 4th applies to criiminal behavior in peacetime! What are the powers of the Commander under Article Article 2.in wartime?
The Congress authorized the Iraq War and have funded it for the last few years. The President as Commander and Chief of the Armed forces authorised to conduct the war in Article 2 of the Constitution has allowed electronic surveillance of phone calls coming from known enemy to contacts in the USA. A rational move to try to prevent further attacks and determine and deter those treasonously supporting(or communicating with) known enemies.
The Congress set a precedent for such surveillance by the FISA statute Bush has carried it one step farther. Personally I don't have a problem with it.
I don't feel threatened because I don't have any reason, or need, to converse with terrorists. I'm sure that applies to the vast majority of us. I also feel we should root out the enemy within this country and this seems like a good way to do it and help deter the enemy!