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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
I think our government has done a lot of things wrong. I agree with you that they should secure the border. I don't understand why they don't do that. I think that invading Iraq was probably a mistake.
But with regard to civil liberties, I think most of the criticism is unwarranted. For example, I think that obtaining wiretaps is an absolute necessity. If they catch a terrorist over in Pakistan and they get his computer and cell-phone and see that he has been in contact with someone in this country, I think the government should absolutely put a wiretap on this person's phone and make sure that the person is not a terrorist. That is the way the government catches most of these guys. That is our main defense against the terrorists. When we catch one of them and we get their computer and cell-phone, we see who they have been communicating with and that's how we catch their associates.
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Yes, Rupert, I agree with what you said. The only thing I don't agree with is that they may be taking it a bit too far, in that they are wiretapping and checking emails of most or all of the calls coming in and out of the U.S. At least, that is what I have heard. There is also some speculation that they are looking at student college records too. Of course, I don't have anything to hide, and I don't know why they would be looking at student's records, but I don't know how I would feel about them looking at mine.
Also, the Supreme Court ruled against Bush's legislation to disregard Article 3 of the Geneva Convention. Other GOPs are really starting to talk out against Bush, and say that he is going too far with these things. This is a topic of huge debate right now, and you can find it in many different articles.
On a lighter note, they actually are making a really smart move in Baghdad in that they are going to build trenches around the city and are going to start controlling traffic coming in and out of the city...checkpoints like those we have by police officers here in the U.S. I think that will be very helpful.