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To: Dolphy
If the stated purpose is the electronic surveillance of al Qaeda operatives what is the consequence of getting that wrong (as in intruding on an innocent conversation)?

It's basically the same question, as what's the harm in convicting an innocent person or what's the harm of getting a bad tip and searching the wrong house. The freedom from the arbitrary use of government is a basic human right and we have a system which is intended to protect us from such intrustions. If you don't believe in basic human rights, there's little I can do to convince you of their necessity.

551 posted on 12/29/2005 8:04:22 AM PST by garbanzo (Government is not the answer to our problems. Government is the problem.)
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To: garbanzo
It's basically the same question, as what's the harm in convicting an innocent person or what's the harm of getting a bad tip and searching the wrong house.

I'm not sure why you persist in questioning my value system. I have asked a simple specific question that you are unable to answer without claiming other examples as the same thing. In the abstract sense I suppose a point is being made but it isn't very weighty given its disregard for proportionality and context, among other things.

559 posted on 12/29/2005 11:12:48 AM PST by Dolphy
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