Sunday, January 11, 2009

Warrantless wire tapping friend or foe?


The question is, should warrantless wire tapping be legal or should it be illegal. In my opinion I believe that it should be illegal. I feel that it is a direct violation of our civil rights that are given to us as citizens of the United States. This action I feel is a direct violation of privacy, people in the government should not be able to listen in on any conversation that I am having with someone because it is just strange. I do understand that it can be helpful to be able to catch a “terrorist” by listening in on his conversations over the telephone, or checking his e-mail, but I mean come on tapping peoples cell phones that are innocent is just creepy, because what if the suspect someone of being a terrorist and they just end up being a normal person but they find something else out about them that was illegal. Are they able to convict them of that crime or not? I have no idea whether or not that is allowed but I surely think that is should not be allowed.

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