We will always have our respect for Liberty. We should not obsess over the purity of what we want at the expense of our own extinction. Can you please explain how giving up our freedoms with the Patriot Act(Know your customer, Secret Searches, out-of-district judges making decisions, etc) will help us in this war.
Besides, until CONGRESS officially declares war, any freedom as far as I'm concerned is non-negotiable. If we are at war, declare war, none of this half assed stuff.
The burden level to search and listen were lowered Dan so they could take more instant action, rather than be tied down in a court by the ACLU while another 3 or 4 thousand die.
It would be wonderful if we didn't need all this.
Do you have suggestions as to how America can monitor the bad guys without listening to quite a few good ones in the process? Because if you have a gem of an idea, the country would love to have and implement it.