Maybe it's because I've held a Top Secret security clearance once...

[Swede Atlanta]

93. I agree that at some level this is nothing new....

but the time has come for the American people (and I think we will be getting an earful from our allies and others around the world) to decide what kind of country they want to live in.

The 4th Amendment is written in what I consider to be fairly clear and understandable English. Unfortunately just as the Supreme Court forgot the part of the 2nd Amendment that reads "A well-regulated militia....." the Supreme Court, our purchased leaders in Congress and the White House have chosen to ignore the 4th Amendment because they are terrified of having the other side say they didn't do enough to protect the country.

Yes we suffered a tremendous loss of life on 9-11. But does that mean we have to give up our Constitutional rights? I think not.

We have allowed the beltway to rob us of more and more privacy for the past 50 years. No one seemed too concerned. I have nothing to hide but I loathe the fact how many times I call my sister or my friends is available to a totally unsupervised vast public-private surveillance complex.