Posted on 11/18/2004 3:37:00 PM PST by Lord Nelson
Oh, OK, Pat Buchanan contends surveillance can be done without a warrant. If that's true, then maybe there is a problem. As far as keeping it secret (keeping it out of the media), I have no problem. I guess the question is how hard is it to get a warrant. Will liberal judges want to protect Mosques from surveillance?
But here's the problem. When they're acting in secret, and the judges issuing the warrant are acting in secret, then there's no accountability and therefore it's no different from having anyone at all put you under surveillance. Working for the government doesn't automatically make someone more moral than the person living next door.
If they're acting without a warrant, then that could be acceptable as long as they'd be willing to justify their actions to a jury should they get caught breaking the laws that everyone else has to obey.
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