Just the facts/the rant

Under the Fourth Amendment a person needs a warrant to investigate another person. The warrant must specify a place where a person is investigating. Federal officers should be reqired to have a court order. Title III of 1968 states that a warrant is mandatory, however, FISA disregards that statement. A probable cause is not mandatory. The Patriot Act has two sections that are not constitutional. George Bush also is misleading the United States people.

Privacy may be taken away from the people, if a warrant is not needed. Many of the eavesdroppings have been accidental/ not for terrorism. Wiretaps have been increasing. They do not need to make a showing at a court to prove relivence.Telephone companies that give out information are also invading privacy. The government could prosecute someone based on eavesdropped information.

Congress spent very little time evaluating this bill. The proper procedures were not taken before declaring the bill as a law. Congress did not consider that the law may be abused. Wiretapping is almost never used for firarms, arsons and bombs. It is more used drug offenses and gambling problems. Many members did not review the bill and many have not even looked at it still.

September 11, 2001 should not have happened because the information should have been detected. Surveillance is quietly put on place to give leaders information. There is $30 billion invested in the surveillance equiptment. Even with the cost; however, the government was not able to detect September 11, 2001. Although we can retrieve data, we are not able to make complete knowledge out of the data.

What the experts say?

“Fourth Amendment, a warrant must specify the place to be searched in order to avoid random searches of innocent bystanders” (Jim McGee, writer).
“This (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) still authorized the interception of Americans’ international communications without a warrant in far too many instances and without adequate civil liberties protection” (Martin)

“does not incorporate sufficient privacy protection to reduce the risk that innocent third party users might have their right to privacy violated” (American Civil Liberties Union).

“USA Today” said, the National Security Administration “has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans using data provided by AT&T, Verizon, and Bell South. Several organizations filed lawsuits against the telecommunication companies alleging violations of the United States Constitution and their right to privacy.”

“not limited to the target and will lead to interception of many innocent conversations not involving the target” (American Civil Liberties Union).

Ben Franklin once said, “Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty or Safety.”

Wiretapping without a warrant is “not a power the government needs” (Leslie Hagin, criminal defense).

“obviously there were intelligence failures on a number of levels (Barry Posen)

“we’re not even close,” (Gary McGraw, Chief Technology Officer at Citigel, Virginia)