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In reply to the discussion: White House Defends NSA Collection Of Phone Records [View all]Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Composition. Perhaps today it favors one party or the other but there is not a guarantee they will remain in control or their platform does not change. To have a check system in place such as FISA court looking over the request was supposed to be checking the wire taps or record gathering but has been pushed aside with the excuse "they did not have time to wait". If those in charge does not follow procedure then this is a bad thing. If monitoring of calls made results in preventing a terrorist attack and lives are saved or injuries prevented then especially if those victims happens to us personally I don't think many would be upset. Perhaps some are confused into thinking conversations has been handed over but it is the records if the phone calls. Perhaps some wiretaps resulted in analysis of these records but if the Patriot Act is a good law intended to prevent terrorist attacks this us a reality of life we will probably live with.