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Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay
Yes, Rupert, I agree with what you said. The only thing I don't agree with is that they may be taking it a bit too far, in that they are wiretapping and checking emails of most or all of the calls coming in and out of the U.S. At least, that is what I have heard. There is also some speculation that they are looking at student college records too. Of course, I don't have anything to hide, and I don't know why they would be looking at student's records, but I don't know how I would feel about them looking at mine.
Also, the Supreme Court ruled against Bush's legislation to disregard Article 3 of the Geneva Convention. Other GOPs are really starting to talk out against Bush, and say that he is going too far with these things. This is a topic of huge debate right now, and you can find it in many different articles.
On a lighter note, they actually are making a really smart move in Baghdad in that they are going to build trenches around the city and are going to start controlling traffic coming in and out of the city...checkpoints like those we have by police officers here in the U.S. I think that will be very helpful.
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Jessica, I have no idea where you got that information. That is completely false. Our government does not wiretap and check e-mails of all calls that come into this country. First of all, it would be impossible. They don't have the manpower. Anyway, that's irrelevant. Nobody has accused the government of doing that. The controversy was that they were eavesdropping on people in this country who had been communicating with known terrorists overseas. That was what the controversy was over. I can't belive that anyone would have a problem with this. I guess people were upset that they were doing it without getting a warrant from a judge. Our government's argument is that it is a highly secretive program and they don't want to have to get permission from a judge to get a wiretap on a person that they know has been communicating with known terrorists. In addition, I don't think that CIA agents and other government operatives want a judge to tell them how to do an investigation.