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[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

If these people had contacts with known terrorists overseas, don't you think that it would be rather stupid and pointless to try to sue over it? I really don't think that people would go to that much trouble if it wasn't legitimate. John McCain and John Warner are getting fed up with the Bush administration. Something is going on in that White House that is not supposed to be for our country is torn in half. We need a strong leader to get the people back together again. I personally believe that John McCain could do this. I really like that guy.

The article said that the people suing were scholars and journalists. They were basically saying, "We're not terrorists. We are scholars and journalists. Why are you wiretapping our phones?"

All the governmnet knows is that their phone numbers were in the phone books of terrorists that were apprehended overseas. These people are not going to get a special pass just because theya re scholars and journalists. The government tapped thier phones, and fully investigated these people. I'm sure that once the government was satisfied that these people were not terrorirsts, they left them alone.

Why would the government want to tap someone's phone for no reason? They don't have time to be tapping people's phones for the hell of it. There are 300 million people in this country. the government barely has the manpower to tap the phones of suspected terrorists let alone other people.

By the way, the article even said that the people who were suing the goverment had overseas contacts.

Anyway, as I said before nobody has accused the governemnt of tapping the phones of anyone other than people who were talking to suspected terrorists. The issue is whether or not the goverment has the right to tap the phones of US citizens that have been communicating with known or suspected terrorists. The more specific question is whether the government has the rigth to do it without obtaining a warrant from a judge. That is the issue and that is what the debate has been about.