Please debate this statement for me. If you have nothing to hide, why worry about wiretapping?
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Well, I don't worry about it. What you said is true, about having nothing to hide. I really don't like the idea about my privacy being invavded, but look at it this way. They are not just going to listen in for no reason. If you are acting suspicious, such as calling different countries frequently, and you are not associated with any kind of place that should be calling different coutries, then you would probably be a suspect. Or say, you are a suspected terrorist. I have no problem with things like that. They won't listen unless they have a reason. And for that I am thankful, because they are trying to better protect me and my family.
769563
Sorry, but for OPSEC reasons, you will not know this ahead of time.  And for those who DO answer this, will be reported!
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.
267929
Yeah dude.  Plus, you don't know who's a terrorist, so you need to spy on everyone, and report all suspicious activity.  Including these kinds of questions.
890980
I'll use the wisdom of the founding fathers on this one\nBenjamin Franklin: Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both\n\nhow amazing two thumbs down for a direct quote from Ben Franklin, I guess the people that gave those are part of the Hate America Crowd,amazing\n\nThe problem from things  Warrentless Wiretapping programs are that they are without scrutiny, all we need to is look back at history and remember how Nixon abused the power and privialge of office to understand these mechanisms cannot be fully trusted without judiciary and/or congressional oversight, who decides what an enemy combatant is, and where is the line going to be drawn, can I be declared an enemy combatant simply for excersing my free speech rights? Who determines this one man or many? ABUSE of power is the central concern of those opposed to these programs and there are consitutional remedies to make them more transaparent WITHOUT destroying there ability to function Raw power without oversight is always ripe for abuse and this is has a great deal of precedent, it was abuses of power afterall that lead to the birth of this nation and the concept of Democracy as we know it today
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I don't think it's possible to truly know that, without knowing about everything the government has been or is involved in, which would probably threaten "national security" and, more importantly to them, cost some politicians their jobs, and possibly their freedom, if all was revealed to us.
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You should only be concerned if you are making or receiving calls or communications from entities that are at war or in conflict with the government of the United States. \n\nAs stated SO many times. This is no different than communications interception that has happened during every other war the US has been involved with. Whether the communications that are interecpted by US intel are mail, radio, package, person-to-person, or various other means.\n\nThis is not about the wiretapping over Mr. or Mrs. Average American's everyday phone calls to their friends or whatever.
849555
Why is it even an issue?  Unless they're planning to kill or backstab you somehow, I wouldn't worry.
473747
Privacy is an illusion.\n\nCourts can subpeona for any information.\n\nAre you trying to not pay for your kids?
809311
The answer, put simply, is hypocrisy.  I'm in the military and anything I do at work, from surfing the internet to my phone calls, is subject to monitoring, so I'm probably a little more comfortable with it than most, but people don't want to get caught.  For my two cents, I think innocence is its own shield.  If I'm accused of something I didn't do, I want to be searched and investigated so I'll be vindicated.  Too many people want to abuse the right to privacy to keep from getting caught doing something wrong, and its always easy to blame the cops.
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In reference to surveiling anyone at any time for no reason, this would be wrong.\n\nHOWEVER\n\nIf in reference to surveiling when whomever you are talking to is a known or highly suspected terrorist, I say snoop away in the name of national security. It has been a long practice in war to intercept enemy communications. Whether it be from radio transmisions in WWII, or letter interception in WWI and the Spanish American War. Courier interception in the Revolution, or whatever. It is the duty of the intel community to gather any and all information possible to defeat the enemy in time of war.\n\nNow as for suspected criminal activity, the proper legal channels must be gone through. Warrants, guidelines, laws, etc.
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.
63970
You have a very good point and for all i know you could be the very person you are talking about. If i was the NSA i think i would be asking that very same question. They probably are reading this. But  I think we have the right to our own opinion and i dont think my opinion about the goverments going to change anytime soon. I would tell them too that they could be doing better things with there money, than spying on me or you.
65103
You gave up personal privacy and freedom when you said 'I do.'  Why would you want to keep secrets from your wife?  And if your marriage is healthy, you can have freedom *without* keeping secrets.
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for security reasons and privacy
638339
It's kind of a false dilemma.  Security and freedom can coexist, it just makes it a little harder.  I personally would rather be able to read, write, think, or say whatever I want without sanction than feel secure under surveillance.
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I could care less. I have nothing to hide. And all these paranoid whiners going on and on about the right to privacy, grow up. If tapping phones stops even one terrorist, then it succeeded.