Originally Posted by
ISP James
on the domestic spying front, they only tapped suspected terrorists. i dont see why anybody is trying to protect them???? foreign prisons are in place to handle prisoners of war. these people were caught plotting against the US and/or commiting acts of violence toward the US. They are lucky to be alive, much less 'awaiting trial' those people didnt give the innocent people in the towers a chance to get out alive, neither would they have given the chance to anybody else in their thwarted terror plots. the fact that they were granted that blessing should overshadow guantanamo.
How could you know for certain that they only tapped suspected terrorists?
Bruce Schneier wrote about this issue a couple of years ago. Here's an excerpt:
Too many wrongly characterize the debate as "security versus privacy." The real choice is liberty versus control. Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny. Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. Widespread police surveillance is the very definition of a police state. And that's why we should champion privacy even when we have nothing to hide.
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...lue_of_pr.html