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Thursday, November 21, 2002
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By Eric Boehlert
Attorney General John Ashcroft scored a major legal victory on Monday when a secret appeals court ruled that his Justice Department can spy on Americans -- by wiretapping, searching their homes and reading their e-mail, among other measures -- without first obtaining a warrant showing probable cause for criminal activity. The decision emboldens the government's war on terror at home but also raises fresh concerns about privacy and due process.
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I don't mind sharing my personal information for a cause or reason that I support. I'm a patriotic citizen, the security of America and the safety of it's people is a cause I support. But I object to the way this administration is dissolving my control over personal information without consent. This administration operates behind a wall of secrecy and now they plan to grab all of my personal information and do what with it, and give who access to it? The simple fact is I don't believe the words, but I do trust the actions. Unless whom ever must ask me with a reason each time they want to view my personal information and I have absolute veto power over the request I think this is wrong and a very bad law.
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