[Realism]

No disrespect here but your position made in a way that is unyielding to circumstances is, imo, totally insane.

I do understand the difficulty of the situation, but I do have a problem with the illegality of the government secretly spying on American citizens. I guess the only way around it would be to notify people via recording that their international calls may be monitored for national security reasons. That way they have a choice and if they want privacy they can always write a letter.

[Eagles Talon IV]

First of all this surveillance is not done unless the target is either known al qaeda or other terrorist organization, or connected to someone who themselves is connected and or otherwise aiding a terrorist organization. Given the nature of this enemy and given the narrowness of these surveillance tactics I see absolutely NO problem with what is going on here. The presidents responsibility is above all else to insure for the safety and security of the American people. It is NOT even reasonable to put the privacy of one who is almost certain to be up to no good over the aforementioned security issue.