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Quote by: brien The next thing we will know the 4th Amenedment will be history in the name of "National Security". |
Isn't it already, for all intents and purposes?
From the NYTimes, posted a few minutes ago:
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The article, in USA Today, said that the agency did not listen to the calls, but secretly obtained information on numbers dialed by "tens of millions of Americans" and used it for "data mining" — computer analysis of large amounts of information for clues or patterns to terrorist activity.
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"The privacy of all Americans is fiercely protected in all our activities," {President Bush] said. "Our efforts are focused on Al Qaeda and their known associates."
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Bush Denies Massive Spying on U.S. Citizens
So it appears that Bush considers tens of millions of Americans to be either "Al Qaeda [or] their known associates."