Spying and the Constitution
Bush defends domestic surveillance program - U.S. Security - MSNBC.com
Maybe he's right. Well, partially, at least.
As I always understood it, the Constitution's protections via the Bill of Rights (etc) only applies to US citizens. Now, if the NSA is only wiretapping people who are NOT US citizens, then these people have no recourse through any protections offered by our laws.
Now, if President Bush made it so that this "domestic surveillance" could be done without warrants ONLY for non-citizens, then that'd be just fine by me.
President Bush defended anew his program of warrantless surveillance Thursday, saying "there’s no doubt in my mind it is legal."
Maybe he's right. Well, partially, at least.
As I always understood it, the Constitution's protections via the Bill of Rights (etc) only applies to US citizens. Now, if the NSA is only wiretapping people who are NOT US citizens, then these people have no recourse through any protections offered by our laws.
Now, if President Bush made it so that this "domestic surveillance" could be done without warrants ONLY for non-citizens, then that'd be just fine by me.
posted by xanadian at 12:05 PM
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