Yes, but temporary infringements on the Constitution by the government have a bad habit of becoming permanent!
Hence we must be careful in safeguarding our liberties. And as much as I admire President Bush (yes, I voted for him) he signed McCain Feingold, which shows me that even he can't be trusted to uphold First Amendment rights.
As Ben Franklin supposedly said, "They that would give up essential liberty to
obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Are you reading all of what I am posting?
let me again say....THIS IS AN ACT TARGETED AT TERRORISTS AND THEIR LINKS! The act merely allows us to FOLLOW the links INTO the US! It is not a blanket act that allows us to just monior people at random or will....
don't listen to the spin, and fear propaganda.
you may think it is about just randomly monitoring communications, that would be false. It is NOT. ANY LAW CAN BE ABUSED! ANY LAW! ANY COURT CAN MAKE LOUSY decisions.
we don't not pass laws because they might be abused. If we did- abortion would NEVER be legal.