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To: churchillbuff
Conservatism used to be about putting limits on government's power.

Do you think that government should be required to get a warrant to wiretap the phones of suspected terrorists on foreign soil? (Not American citizens.)

57 posted on 01/18/2006 9:03:23 AM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: MEGoody
Do you think that government should be required to get a warrant to wiretap the phones of suspected terrorists on foreign soil? """

That's not what is at issue. It's wiretaps on calls to or from the US. And the law is pretty loose - it lets the wiretaps happen first, and the investigators can get court approval retroactively. But the administration, reportedly, hasn't even done that in some cases. Yes, it worries me, because I could see myself wiretapped by Hillary's people if she gets power (the way Bill's IRS went after conservatives). And when I complained, Hillary would say, there's precedent for wiretapping domestically without warrant - - and FREEPERS ARE FOR IT!

59 posted on 01/18/2006 9:05:51 AM PST by churchillbuff
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