[Your Nightmare]

It is not as if he has taken it upon himself to spy on anybody he chooses,

Yes it is. He's just chosen not to spy on anyone except for those having international communications with "known" terror suspects. But without providing probable cause to a judicial oversight entity, who's to say the next guy won't chose to spy on someone else? The next guy might consider FR a terrorist organization and spy on us.

Frankly I'm shocked that FReepers would be so accepting of this just because a Republican is in office.

[Eagles Talon IV]

Please, ALL the targets are known to be either terrorists or associated with terrorists or terrorist organizations in some form. This is why their are constant re evaluations and oversight by Congress. It is not and has not been done in secret as is plainly evident now. This surveillance is done under the provisions of the Patriot Act and the Congress can repeal them if they choose.

Using the excuse that the next president may abuse a law as an excuse to do away with the law is foolishness carried to the extreme.

[penowa]

Frankly I'm shocked that FReepers would be so accepting of this just because a Republican is in office.

And I'm shocked at the number of people signed up for FR who have not the vaguest notion what being at war means. Looks like it will take many more attacks on our country and way bigger than 9/11 for some to come to terms with reality. It would be nice to return to 9/10, but it's not going to happen because they are not going to quit until we're all dead.