Common sense on balancing safety and civil liberties in the fight against terrorism:
What we have tried to do, in the wake of watching 3,000 of our innocent fellow citizens incinerated before our very eyes five years ago, is to try and find ways of protecting ourselves against foreign and domestic terrorist threats. It seems to me we've done so with a great deal of respect and attention to civil liberties - even though the process has been awkward and clumsy at times.
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Warrantless wiretaps on American citizens; holding American citizens as "enemy combatants" without charges; seeking to authorize the use of torture; designating "free speech zones" during campaign events; and spying on citizens for nonviolent political activity do not demonstrate a "great deal of respect and attention to civil liberties."
I am going to have to agree with Doug on this one...
Mike Sylvester
Boys, boys,boys.....everything in life must be a balance...you are SO overreacting. Don't let paranoia cloud your common sense.