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I was flipping through the channels last night and I caught a story on Frontline about how the US Government is infringing on our 4th Amendment rights by spying on our phone calls and filtering our information. Yes, Frontline! I know that many of the blogs have been screaming about this for years, but to have this on NBC in a one hour special is a great indicator that the media has finally realized that they have an obligation to our country to keep our government in check.
Basically how the NSA spying program works is that they filter our phone calls for "keywords" that would indicate terrorist activity. So, they assume that every person in the United States is a terrorist and wait for you to just talk about it on the phone so they can bust you. This was one of the reasons for the American Revolution. The British could search anyone without a warrant and our founding fathers felt that this infringed on our rights. That's why this Amendment was in the top 5...VERY IMPORTANT. I guess that the Bush administration would say that our founding fathers were more interested in harboring terrorists than protecting Americans.
So, where does this surveillance stop? Maybe the NSA can use this information bring down political rivals with private "embarrassing" information. Hell, the Bush administration has already fired several US Attorneys because they would not trump up charges on political rivals. What not use the NSA records to do the same thing?
So, the mainstream media may be a little late on doing their job, bur better late than never. |
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