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Thanks, Sac - and I really mean that.
And exactly - it won't prove anything. All we have is conjecture and political posturing everywhere. From what I have read, I would tend to think his actions were not illegal. Obviously many would differ with me.
And in fact, the more I have read and heard, the more I tend not to find the action even horribly objectionable. I'm sure I'm going to be slammed on this.
In 2002, a terrorist with a cell phone was captured. They were able to do whatever one does to a cell phone and determine every number he had called, and eventually make up a list of numbers that they were going to monitor without warrant. The objective was to find out who on American soil was talking to these people on foreign soil from the marked numbers.
Most certainly, and I really don't know how, mistakes were made and some conversations were monitored that should not have been by the NSA.
Anyway, I have no objections whatsoever to the described actions above. I find them not unreasonable (remember, the 4th Amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant).
So....call me a fascist or whatever, but that's what I think. It has not come easily. I am not comfortable in the least with the government monitoring my communications, whether intentionally or accidentally. However, should i have had contact with a phone number discovered on a terrorist cell phone, I don't think it unreasonable to be monitored.
This goes for actions from every administration that did similar things.
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