Wire tapping should not be allowed
Mark Farias
Issue date: 9/6/06 Section: Opinion
Seeing that the ruling came on August, 17 it isn't expected that the NSA would voice a public reply or comment toward the ruling of United States District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor for nixing their security program which was argued to have been impeding on rights guaranteed to the United States citizens in the Constitution because it violated "The separation of powers doctrine, the Administrative Procedures Act, the First and Fourth amendments to the United States Constitution, the FISA and Title III."
First amendment is the freedom of speech and of press, which was violated by the government when they started investigating people for their dissenting views, and impeding the freedom of press by not allowing journalists access to information by classifying many of their actions as secret, arguing that if the information were ever made public, it would jeopardize national security.
The President of the United States also authorized the technical unlawful search of people by eavesdropping on people on their calls made to or coming from over seas locations.
The fourth amendment states: 'The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.'
Be it as it may, if the President vetoes the ruling and even if the roving wiretaps are reinstated for use, and used as they were before, people have already been enlightened to these events and are less ignorant to the acts of their government.
And the ACLU has already accomplished their initial goal of bringing light to these things so that the American people aren't left in the dark, where they would be manipulated and watched for no reason.
What does this say about our nation though? That they don't trust us? Or that they think we're stupid? And wouldn't find out?
I don't like being lied to, and I surely don't like being not trusted because of what someone did, who didn't even necessarily live in the U.S.
It's more startling that people weren't informed about these events; about how people would be giving up some privacy and a freedom that people died for, which is free speech, and people should be taken aback that their own government Is making conscious changes and adopting formerly unlawful methods to ostensibly snuff out terrorist organizations.
It appears more apparent that the Government is trying to take on a new façade without notice, toward a more omnipotent guise, in attempts to show potential enemies that we have the abilities to run them out of the country, in anyway and everyway possible, provided by our technology.
The Presidential Quotes were taken verbatim from The White House Presidential Speech Archives.
First amendment is the freedom of speech and of press, which was violated by the government when they started investigating people for their dissenting views, and impeding the freedom of press by not allowing journalists access to information by classifying many of their actions as secret, arguing that if the information were ever made public, it would jeopardize national security.
The President of the United States also authorized the technical unlawful search of people by eavesdropping on people on their calls made to or coming from over seas locations.
The fourth amendment states: 'The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.'
Be it as it may, if the President vetoes the ruling and even if the roving wiretaps are reinstated for use, and used as they were before, people have already been enlightened to these events and are less ignorant to the acts of their government.
And the ACLU has already accomplished their initial goal of bringing light to these things so that the American people aren't left in the dark, where they would be manipulated and watched for no reason.
What does this say about our nation though? That they don't trust us? Or that they think we're stupid? And wouldn't find out?
I don't like being lied to, and I surely don't like being not trusted because of what someone did, who didn't even necessarily live in the U.S.
It's more startling that people weren't informed about these events; about how people would be giving up some privacy and a freedom that people died for, which is free speech, and people should be taken aback that their own government Is making conscious changes and adopting formerly unlawful methods to ostensibly snuff out terrorist organizations.
It appears more apparent that the Government is trying to take on a new façade without notice, toward a more omnipotent guise, in attempts to show potential enemies that we have the abilities to run them out of the country, in anyway and everyway possible, provided by our technology.
The Presidential Quotes were taken verbatim from The White House Presidential Speech Archives.
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