[steverino62]

So you would toss our “principles” out the window simply because “our citizens are being killed?” Good God, man, wake up. Some in government would like nothing better than to reduce us to serfdom or slavery in order to “protect” us; freedom is sooooo dangerous! You’re ok with that?

I would sooner put up with daily terrorist bombings than accept authoritarianism as “a way of life” because freedom is indeed worth dying for. And lest you think this to be merely an idle comment, be aware that I have spent alot of time in Israel where bombs have indeed often gone off on a daily basis - so this is hardly an uninformed judgment on my part.

[Erik Latranyi]

So you would toss our “principles” out the window simply because “our citizens are being killed?”

So, it is a "principle" to allow citizens to communicate freely with declared enemies?

Nobody is losing the right to make the phone call to an enemy. Nobody is going to jail for making a phone call to an enemy. All we are doing is eavesdropping on that phone call and collecting intelligence. You oppose this?