Is the Bush Administration's wire-tapping justified?
115148
Of course NOT.  If our freedoms are slowing be lost under the excuse of safety, then go to North Korea.  They are very safe!!!  No freedoms, but very safe.
526105
thats spaying on someone else, and its a federal crime,\njust the Bush administration can do it, and no one else.\n\njk\ngood luck
141048
Do you really want to know all the details of why such ports are being given to a Middle-eastern business to run?  What if it is a sting operation?  Should we just publish the details and fight it?  Isn't that what we're doing?\nLeave it alone.  Bush knows what he is doing.
80745
People are just looking for another reason to attack President Bush.  The Democrats and ACLU didn't have a problem with it under President Clinton.\n\n"The Department of Justice believes- and the case law supports- that the president has inherent authority to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes and that the president may, as he has done, delegate this authority to the attorney general."\n-Jamie S. Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General, 1994 (The same Gorelick who sat on the 9/11 Commission).
144143
I believe that the gubment monitors every aspect of telecommunications. Bush is the crookedest mofo to have squatted in the whitehouse in years. He has allowed spying in the USA under the guise that he is trying to foil terrorism. His dad used to be the deputy director of the CIA. So he has and will to continue to do whatever he and his vp deputy dog want to do.
1010994
I have no problem with covert operations but I also have no problem with freedom of the press.  I think the administration (whichever party is in power) should be responsible for policing leaks and avoiding press coverage.
229397
I support the warrantless spying because it is legal. According to US Code, Title 50, Section 1802:\n\n"Notwithstanding any other law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year..."\n\nI do not support Bush as President, but I do support the FACTS. If you have FACTS that what he is doing is illegal, by all means, post them here for everyone to see.
944002
They already have a law in place to listen to calls for 72 hours before they get a warrant. It's the FISA law. And the president is to obey the law, just like us.Without oversight, the president can wiretap anybody he wants. That is what got Nixon in trouble and caused the creation of the FISA law.
122788
I find nothing wrong with wiretapping suspected terrorist as long as a warrent by the court has been issued. \nWhen the government does not follow the law that is when it becomes a problem, aside from that as long as our government follows the law with regards to wiretapping it is fine
893857
Fishy, yes.  Also inevitable.  Oversight and accountability are clearly not tolerated by this administration.  The guy should have known better than to actually do his job!
394807
It is never necessary to spy on americans on american soil without properly obtaining explicit authorization from another branch of government.  Telling a few people in congress is not a warrant.  That's what the bill of rights and separation of powers are all about.  If we give up our freedom to be safe we are all a bunch of cowards.  \n\nThe person probably chose to reveal the program because it is illegal and violates the FISA law.  If you read the law there is absolutely no possible way to legally wiretap without getting a warrant.  It even allows for a 72 hour grace period where you can tap the person without a warrant, you just have to get one later.
1001947
The government, especially all spy and security agencies, is going to do what it wants when it wants.  I think it is just a  fluke that we know they have been listening in on us this time.\n\nAs for me, I don't plan on doing anything to harm the government so I don't really care.  We are already being watched over by Big Brother, why should listening in matter?
185901
I'm on the fence about this. I think it was ploted by this administration to insight patriotism in the peaople and as incentive for war. Somewhat like what was done in the 70's. But was it Bush's idea? No he isn't smart enough. It had to be someone higher up like his father or the Freemasons. I know I may sound crazy but its just my opinion. \n\nHey I might be wrong and Bush is probably the best president we've had in years. \n*bursts out laughing*
218202
Of course!  Between the PATRIOT Act and that lovely domestic surveillance program, we *want* the terrorists to be on US soil so that we can find them and catch them -- or just leave them out on the docks when a hurricane comes along.  It may look like a breach of national security in the interests of big business, but it's really a clever ruse which combines all of the worst practices of this administration into a very impressive terrorist-eliminating trap.\n\nThat is assuming, of course, that the administration can spy competently, was using reverse psychology in the "we fight them there so we don't have to fight them here" line of reasoning, and doesn't mind being the cause of accelerated global warming to produce larger and more frequent hurricanes to wash the terrorists away.\n\nHrm.  On second thought, maybe it's a pretty dumb idea after all.  Funny thing, of course, is that nobody would care if it weren't for the administration's doctrine of "security over fear and death" that it's been harping on ever since 9/11.
360681
IF it is done legally, then no.  As long as the spying is consistant with Constitutional protections against unwarrented intrusions into my private life, then I won't worry.  Let the government agencies get warrents first.
439123
Absolutely not.  Contrary to what Mr. Bush claims, I don't think that the Authorization for the Use of Force gave him the power to listen to conversations without evidence.  It's a constitutional right that we should be secure in our property and effects, and the government can NOT remove that right without due process (i.e. a warrant).  The day that we let him take that power, we can also say goodbye to free speech.
157044
There's this little news story now,  it takes a large chunk of time on national news and print and tv,  remember its the thing about Bush authorizing the NSA to listen to cell phone calls.\n\nSo able danger ended with some admiral or general saying we were told not to pursue what we had cause some white house clinton lawyer told us not to go any farther,\nand now george bush's lawyer, the attorney general, is saying its legal for us to spy and take action\n\nkick @ss