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Originally Posted by classicman
That is a prescription for failure. So we shouldn't wear seatbelts because we might get in an accident? Or smoke because we might get cancer .... ? ? ?
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I think the point is that we can and should provide the best possible homeland security in a manner that is consistent with the Constitution.
That means we shouldnt:
wiretap citizens w/o a warrant (or notification of a FISA court if timing is essential to national security)
or hold citizens in custody w/o a charge or access to counsel
or subordinate first amendment speech and press rights
or conduct military operations on US soil
...all of which were "justified" in those
DoJ memos to Bush that were recently made public.