And if the NSA ends up spying on a U.S. citizen? The "U.S. person" definition "does not include a corporation or an association which is a foreign power," according to the same law. An "agent of a foreign power" is anyone, citizen or otherwise, who "knowingly engages in sabotage or international terrorism, or activities that are in preparation therefor, for or on behalf of a foreign power." Which means that people who do not help al-Qaeda or other terrorists are safe from surveillance. Anyone who does, however, forfeits his rights and can be targeted for eavesdropping.
Would you trust John Kerry to run this program? Hillary? I don't have a problem with the program, just that there appears to be no indeoendent review of it. There's no check against abuse of power.
The determination of who's eligible to be spied on is 100% in the hands of the executive. Bush could decide that you're linked to AQ and listen in on your calls and there's nothing that can be done about it. Do you feel the comfortable giving a President that power?
With Bush, I tend to think he's a decent guy and isn't using this for nefarious purposes. But who knows? Look at what Nixon did. If we say this is ok for Bush, then it's ok for the next dem president. Are you ok with Kerry or Hillary ordering secret, nonreviewable, warrantless surveillance on whoever they feel like?
The Democrat Party and the MSM help Al Qaeda on a daily basis. Hopefully they are under surveillance.