There’s such a thing as going too far to make ourselves secuure. I don’t know exactly where to draw the line but I think our administration’s concept of adequate security takes away too mch of our freedom and privacy.
There actually are things worse than having a building or two blown up.
It’s a false dichotomy. There is no reason to believe that more buildings must be blown up to ensure our liberty.
That argument presupposes that there are no alternative solutions to the security question. It also presupposes that monitoring my text messages and phone calls enhances national security in any way. It doesn’t.
I’d be willing to try a different approach: Since the Islamists have openly stated that we are their enemy, and that they want to kill us; let’s take them at their word. Stop the PC nonsense and name our enemy. I’ll wager that if 10% of the money spent on wiretapping Americans unconstitutionally had been spent on actually destroying the ememies ability to attack us, or securing our own borders, we wouldn’t need to have a conversation on liberty vs. security at all.
Agree. Where to draw the line and who will draw the line is my question.
I don't trust a LOT of GOVERNMENT people to make this decision.