US wiretaps
There was strong controversy over the Bush Administration’s decision to monitor calls and emails in and out of the country after September 11. Many argued that this action was unconstitutional, but the Bush Administration urges that this is a highly needed devise to stop terrorism in this country. In August however, a Federal judge deemed this action unconstitutional and must stop. Recently, The 6th Us Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio suspended the judge’s decision until a new court date is set and possibly the ruling will be overruled based on the best interest of the people. The white house states that this action is legal, and necessary for the war on terror.
This is possible because of the high abundance of global communications of this world. The suspected terrorists can send so much information in seconds across the globe because of email and phone calls, making it easier for the government to find out about planned attacks. Also enabling them to have bigger global reach on people to recruit more terrorists and follow through with attacks.
Everyone wants terrorists to be stopped, but the main issue here is that these wiretaps and such are an invasion of a person’s privacy. The government can read all of your private emails and listen to your phone conversations as long as they suspect you to have terrorist ties. So what does everyone think here? Do people agree that the government should be allowed to continue this initiative? Or should it be stopped all together? Let’s open it up for debate now.>>>>Link<<<<<
posted by Anonymous @ 10/06/2006 06:11:00 PM
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