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In reply to the discussion: For those of you claiming this is better because there is a warrant. [View all]cstanleytech
(26,287 posts)that are allegedly only looked into if something indicates the number might have ties to terrorists?
Not recording of conversations because Obama has been clear to say no one is listening in on those (thats what News Corp does ) but rather simply a collection of phone numbers called but why hide it for 25 years? Well clearly you want a guess because I havent seen the warrant or its details is it might have something to do with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
We live in a world where this ^^ type of thing does happen and we have only a few choices.
#1 We let the government do their jobs and try not to micromanage them so much that causes them to miss someone planning another 9 11 thus sucking us into another Afghanistan type issue that then leads to things like thousands of innocent civilians dead as well as thousands of soldiers.
Or
#2 We try to micromanage every aspect and 2nd guess our governments decisions and get prepared for another 9 11 incident and all that follows it.
Oh and as to how it doesnt violate it it is because it still is going through the FISA courts, sucks but so far the regular courts havent said that the FISA courts are illegal.