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Showing Original Post only (View all)How much are you willing to compromise with the NSA on national security? [View all]
Personally, I would have no problem with the NSA monitoring calls coming into our country...
..and calls going out of our country. They should be able to get the context in 30-60 seconds. They could dispose of all calls that were deemed irrelevant. If they had direct leads to someone in this country, prosecutable evidence, then they should be able to listen to those types of domestic calls, also.
But there should be no data base of everyone. There is no need to spy on the American people at large. Someone has to set limits with these folks. There has to be sufficient over-sight.
We can have no freedom and no democracy when we permit a small cadre of individuals to operate in secret with no oversight by the people or the people's representatives. A rubber-stamp FISA court is not oversight. It is only a mask of openness.
I, as a liberal, am not ready to say that we need no security and no surveillance. However, it should be limited and with strict oversight. The people must have faith in their government.