My thoughts on…the NSA wiretap program
I’ve heard a lot of talk about this NSA eavesdropping thing, and I’ve decided to add my two cents to the issue. Now most of the people talking about it are pissed-off liberals using this to criticize and demonize the Bush administration yet again. Talk about sore losers. Am I the only one tired of hearing them yammer on? They say it violates the Constitution and the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and that Bush is acting “above the law.” The remainder are people who are truly concerned about the issue.
Allow me to defend the embattled president. Firstly, its targeted towards Al-Qaeda associates, not US citizens (or so they say). I mean honestly, why would the US government use their high tech equipment to spy on regular folk? Joe Nobody, why would they bother to sort through your inbox, filled with chain letters and spam, or spy on your calls to other average Joes and telephone personals in a desperate effort to combat the overwhelming loneliness in your life? What, will they send a sniper to execute you if you you’re found out to be a liberal? Say it with me, YOU’RE…NOT…IMPORTANT. Good. Now you can sleep at night.
Secondly, this isn’t the first time it has been used. FDR and Churchill spied on all Trans-Atlantic calls before Pearl Harbour and through 1945. Thirdly, it’s not illegal. Check Article II of the Constitution, which gives the president the responsibility and authority to deal with an enemy that threatens the U.S. This isn’t the first time Americans freaked out about privacy. Remember the cookie controversy? But I’m not 100% in agreement with the president’s actions, such as the attempted seizure of Google’s private user data.
