Quote Originally Posted by solypsist
i think the point of all this is that with this system in place, there'd be nothing to legally stop the current admnistration (whoever that may be) from, for example, listening in on phone calls of its political opposition, or popular political figures.
the other side - and us citizens as well, of course, wouldn't have that option available to us.
it's hard to have a democracy when the ruling government is able to have every advantage on what is supposed to be a "level playing field." explain to me how this policy is different from fascist policies of government.
As long as the goal of the wiretapping is to find terrorist activities I don’t see how listening in on their political opposition would be acceptable, as a matter a fact it would be a clear break in the law unless there is some reasonable doubt that their opponents were fraternizing with terrorists (not likely). I would hope there would be some checks and balances built into the system just like there is currently. One cannot just pick a number and start a tapping now, I don’t see how it would be any different when/if it were expanded from international to domestic.