Ridge as Secretary of Homeland Security

lisa · 09-21-2001, 07:17 AM

That's interesting. One of the first things I thought of when I heard the phrase "Homeland Security" was Nightwatch.

It wasn't even a thought. It was so instinctive that the word just popped into my head and it actually took me a second to reason out why.

All the talk of wiretaps and network sniffers and investigating anything out of the ordinary makes me wonder how far the 4th ammendment will be bent.

I think this sort of thing has the potential to become something like Nightwatch. But it doesn't HAVE to. We just have to be sure that we do not relax the requirement of "probably cause" and start using "possible harm" as a substitute.

Bush mentioned something about getting our lives "almost back to normal." The question is: how close is "almost?"

09-21-2001, 07:17 AM	#2
lisa Etherial Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: CA Posts: 153	Nightwatch That's interesting. One of the first things I thought of when I heard the phrase "Homeland Security" was Nightwatch. It wasn't even a thought. It was so instinctive that the word just popped into my head and it actually took me a second to reason out why. All the talk of wiretaps and network sniffers and investigating anything out of the ordinary makes me wonder how far the 4th ammendment will be bent. I think this sort of thing has the potential to become something like Nightwatch. But it doesn't HAVE to. We just have to be sure that we do not relax the requirement of "probably cause" and start using "possible harm" as a substitute. Bush mentioned something about getting our lives "almost back to normal." The question is: how close is "almost?"

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