To: freedomnews; exodus
"...we need to appreciate our founding fathers warning that power, particularly when concentrated in government, corrupts. Many posts on this thread seem to accuse those opposed to granting greater power to the government is un-American. Frankly, I think the opposite would be closer to the truth..."
"...I don't think terrorism was on the govermnents radar screen in any serious way prior to 9/11. Their failure to combat terrorism wasn't due to a lack of law enforcement "tools", it was due to a lack of will. I was amazed, immediately after 9/11 how quickly arrests were made. The New York Times ran an article today, "Jubilant Calls on Sept. 11 Led to F.B.I. Arrests". They had the right lines bugged, even under the old technology. EXODUS gets the answer right when he says "...I would suggest, MJY1288, that we enforce the laws we have, instead of violating the rights of citizens."
This was a failure of law enforcement, not a lack of tools.
(If we had) this bill in force a year ago, nothing would have been different.
# 300 by SJackson
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True, SJackson,
unfortunately most people
can't seem to follow good reasoning anymore.
If this had happened under Clinton,
everyone would be talking about his incompetence,
and the incompetence of his appointees.
Pay attention, people.
Government can't be trusted
just because your man got elected.
The incompetent law enforcement,
and the following violation of our rights,
has taken place while Republicans control the Congress,
and under a Republican President.