The National Security Agency has been gathering all of our information — phone and e-mail records — in secret, without warrants. Meanwhile, the Justice Department ends its inquiry into the NSA eavesdropping program because, well, the NSA won't let them investigate. This news is buried in The Star on Page 6 — May 11, “Eavesdropping probe abruptly ends� — a total of 18 lines. The Justice Department is trying to kill a lawsuit that affirms AT&T had eavesdropping rooms especially installed for the NSA.
How much is it going to take before we get truly outraged by the actions of this administration? Where is the uproar? A government that has an arm that cannot be investigated, that can trample all over the Fourth Amendment and that can spy on all of us is a danger to the very concept of freedom.
For the people who say, "I have nothing to hide," I advise them to read the Fourth Amendment again and also "The Trial" by Franz Kafka.
I wasn't around during the Sen. Joseph McCarthy days, nor the J. Edgar Hoover days, nor the President Nixon days, but this is eerily reminiscent of those eras — from what I have learned. One thing is certain, when Americans are told of countries that spy upon their citizens, they don't regard them as democracies, and rightly so.
Every day, I make international phone calls, check out foreign web sites, e-mail all over the world and often am critical of this administration through all these mediums. I am worried, and you should be as well.
In the meantime, enjoy your tax cuts.
— Françoise Dubois, Newbury Park
The Republican party is a big Jork-Hoff
Hi Hitler Bush!!!!!!!!!!
The Republican party is a big Jork-Hoff
Hi Hitler Bush!!!!!!!!!!