Comments on: Bush Asks Congress To Expand Surveillance

Seeks To "Modernize" Wiretapping To Match New Technologies; Critics Warn Of Unchecked Privacy Invasion

[navyretired2]

For decades, thousands of Americans have willfully, knowingly, submitted to monitoring of their communications in the workplace. If you work in a government classified space with the military, civil service, contractor, whatever, your communications are open to monitoring.

We all basically looked at it as, "well if we're not trying to sell classified information or talk about classified stuff over the phone, what do we have to worry about?"

I can't help but to feel the same way about the wiretapping stuff. I don't break the law, so I'm not concerned. Maybe if I had something to hide, then I'd be afraid.

Call me naive, but I honestly cannot see how more surveillance and wiretapping is "stripping our freedom." Has nothing to do with who is in the white house at the moment, eventhough he's managed to completely ignore the constitution on several issues, I'm talking about the basic principle of it. How is increased wiretapping killing freedom?

My version of freedom doesn't include being able to break any law you want, as long as its over media where you can't be caught by authorities.

[abbe91]

For those who would like to use the "time of war" excuse to justify spying on american citizens ...

"The February 6, 2006, testimony of Alberto Gonzales to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Wartime Executive Power and the National Security Agency's Surveillance Authority, however indicates otherwise:

GONZALES: There was not a war declaration, either in connection with Al Qaida or in Iraq. It was an authorization to use military force. I only want to clarify that, because there are implications. Obviously, when you talk about a war declaration, you're possibly talking about affecting treaties, diplomatic relations. And so there is a distinction in law and in practice. And we're not talking about a war declaration. This is an authorization only to use military force."

So, no war, only an illegal occupation of Iraq ...

[hhkeller]

Updates to FISA should wait till 2009.


3600 American soldiers
350000 Iraqi civilians
500 billion dollars and counting.

Accountability is off the table?

[abbe91]

"j-whitman...what part of, "if you're not a terrorist, what are you worried about?" do you not understand? I don't like it anymore than you do. Walk straight, and it won't be a problem.
Posted by bennyblack1 at 10:26 PM : Jul 28, 2007"

So naive ... tell me where in the law the term "terrorist" is defined ... you'll find out that it is up to the administration to use whatever definition it pleases it.

[iceman_1960]

"Bush Asks Congress To Expand Surveillance"

The only thing Congress should do right now is remove this traitorous sonofab*itch from the Presidency, before he gets any more innocent people killed.

After that he should stand trial, like any drunk driver responsible for a homicide.

[lastdance2]

bennyblack1

"Christian Hate"

Has -"Always" - Been the foundation of :
National Socialism (Nazi) Propaganda.

Tell it to : 6 Million Dead Jews & 9 Million other peoples.

You exposed - Yourself - Now ! ! - Deal with it ! ! !

My only suggestion to you is :
You be down at your local - FBI Office - First Thing
Monday Morning - Explain it to Them ! ! !

Don't offer up any excuses to me - I don't accept them ! ! !

I'm Leaving the net.

Lastdance

[bennyblack1]

last dance..that's a laugh. I'm a veteran who happens to be a Christian. And that's NOT Christian Identity, KKK, or Nazi.

[bennyblack1]

And as far as I'm concerned, like President Theadore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, you cannot be American and then something else. IE, you cannot identify yourself as both a Mexican and an American. Nor as both an African and an American. This suggests dual citizenship, therefore your loyalities can be laid to question. If we go to war with say...Africa, will be African...or ...American? You cannot be identified as both. If we go to war with Mexico, are you a Mexican or an American? It is fine to be proud of your heritage, as long as it doesn't conflict with being an American. I have heard several Americans who happen to be Mexicans proclaim that they would fight on the side of Mexico. They really aren't Americans, are they? They're imposters.

[lastdance2]

Nazi Propaganda

People - People - People - People

Read all the postings of : bennyblack1
Study them - Know - and - Understand them.
Remember : The Style - Word Usage

Learn to recognize : The true Ideology behind
Those statements ! ! !

This is "Nazi Propaganda"

"Not" - The best I've seen
But ! ! - One of the better written statements of :
"Nazi Propaganda"

Notice how Religion - Is intertwined with : Racism ! ! !
Praising Hitler and the : "Nazi Party" ! ! !

Satan never sleeps - Neither should You ! ! !
BEWARE - of the : Trojan Horse

Copy the statements made by : bennyblack1
Send them to : FBI - Offices throughout the Nation.

Maybe - One of those deadbeats - Will get on their lazy Butts.
And do an Honest Days work.

The real problem of : National Security that -
The Bush Administration has is :
The - "Free Thinking Intelligent Mind" and his "Exposure"

Lastdance

[bennyblack1]

veteran71:

AMEN!