Posted on 12/18/2005 3:59:00 PM PST by SandRat
Do you believe the president should be able to authorize secret spying operations on Americans in order to battle terrorism? Yes. 52.1% No. 46.8% Undecided. 1.1%
Total Votes: 94 Your Vote: Yes.
Yes. 56.8%
No. 41.4%
Undecided. 1.8%
Yes. 59.0%
No. 39.3%
Undecided. 1.7%
Yes. 61.5%
No. 36.9%
BUMP!
FReeped.
57.9% yes --114 votes
Yes. 61.5%
No. 36.9%
Undecided. 1.5%
Total Votes: 130
Keep it coming folks
Saves lives. Treason on the heads of those who leaked this story. Shame on them.
FReeped.
Bogus Poll...
Should read "Do you believe the president should be able to authorize secret spying operations on Americans - who interect with foreign terrorists - in order to battle terrorism?"
The answer would be extremely *yes* with only Democrat extremists in opposition to it.
bttt
I hope folks consider some of these items before voting:
1) The spying is only done on those people within the United States who are known to have association with Al Qaeda.
2) The NYT article makes clear that no laws were broken. Any democrat saying differently is playing politics, imo.
3) The NYT article also says that the C.I.A. seized the terrorists' computers, cellphones and personal phone directories, said the officials familiar with the program. The N.S.A. surveillance was intended to exploit those numbers and addresses as quickly as possible, the officials said. In addition to eavesdropping on those numbers and reading e-mail messages to and from the Qaeda figures, the N.S.A. began monitoring others linked to them, creating an expanding chain. While most of the numbers and addresses were overseas, hundreds were in the United States, the officials said.
They were tracking numbers that were tied to confirmed terrorists and according to reports, stopped 3 terrorist attacks within the US. This is EXACTLY how the 9/11 attacks were coordinated - between jihadists and sympathizers of other terrorists living in this country.
4) The NYT article also states that the government DID use subpoenas for domestic taps in a great many instances, mostly related to conversations between terrorist within the US.
5) Clinton used NSA satellites to spy on Americans after the Oklahoma City bombing incident. The leftists never had a problem with that and all the complaints we hear from them now about American's civil rights being abused pale in comparison when one remembers what happened to women and children at WACO and how Clinton abuse his office and used the IRS to target his political enemies.
Is this by executive order (which constitutionally only applies to the executive branch)?
Yes---61.5%
No---37.7%
Total votes---264
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Just a hint from a master poll freeper.
Yes. 60.6%
No. 38.8%
Undecided. 0.7%
Should read:
Do you believe someone should be in jail for leaking national security secrets?
and
FREEPED
Voted right and bumped.
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