Originally Posted by Kestrel
I'm not going to argue everything again, but if the warrantless wiretaps Bush put in place affected any US citizens, no matter how suspicious they may be, he has violated the US Constitution, which, to me, does warrant at least investigation, if not impeachment.
We are at war with Al Qaeda. This is not some peace-time snooping by a President against political opponents. This is the monitoring of calls to or from Al Qaeda to individuals here in the US, citizens or not. That is not violating the constitution, but rather preventing further terrorist attacks at home.
Originally Posted by Kestrel
Bottom line is that I would like to know the full extent of these wiretaps, and if US citizens were involved.
If you know, then Al Qaeda knows. And if Al Qaeda knows then they will adapt and change their method of communication. I was pissed when Osama found out we were listening to his sattelite phone from a leak in the intelligence community and I am pissed that Al Qaeda now knows we were listening to all their calls to or from the US. Both times Al Qaeda changed their tactics on us. Lets hope this has not given them an edge to attack us.