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February 8, 2006

Domestic Spying? Terrorist Surveillance?

I continue to be entertained by the whole non-issue of the NSA listening in on conversations between known terrorists and others. There have been a lot of lies told about this program, including the big lie that this is a program to spy on Americans. Of course, anyone who has bothered to find out any truth in the issue knows that this isn't a program designed to spy on the average law-abiding American. This doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of ignorant people who are being fooled by the lies told about the program on a daily basis by the Democrats and their ilk, though.

Personally, I think the whole thing is funny. When I grew up, it was a common belief that you could have your phone calls eavesdropped upon. We believed that EVERY phone call between a phone in the US and a phone overseas was listened to. It wasn't a matter of whether we liked it or not, but whether it allowed the US to catch spies before they could do damage.

Now, though, I'm discovering that our beliefs may not have been the case. It never bothered me that overseas communications might be listened to. Why, then, should I get upset about a program existing that only listens to phone calls between phone numbers of known terrorists and others in the US? I'm having some real trouble figuring that out.

Don't get me wrong. I'm very much in favor of protecting human rights. Civil liberties are an important part of our society, and what makes our country great. There is not, however, a stated protection of privacy in our Constitution. Eavesdropping on terrorist communications does not qualify as an "unreasonable" search. There IS a reason. That makes it quite reasonable.

I don't spend a lot of time wondering, though, why the left in this country is so willing to lie about an important anti-terrorism tool such as this. They're not trying to protect anyone's rights. They're trying to find a way to regain the power they've lost in our government to the Republican Party. That's all this is, or ever has been.

Posted by Lockjaw at February 8, 2006 8:14 AM

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