Wire tapping should not be allowed

It's about time that the American Civil Liberties Unions (ACLU) lawsuit, filed on Jan. 17, has been decided on, it was filed in attempts to rid the United States of the warrantless wire tapping program used by the National Security Agency (NSA) used to collect and share information. On April 20, 2004 read a speech meant to inform people about the Patriot Act and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), The President said, or at least his speechwriters wrote: "We've got to share information on a real-time basis, so first responders and police chiefs can move as quickly as possible. We're going to talk about that communication today." - George W. Bush

"Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires - a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. It's important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution." - George W. Bush

Most Americans agree that the wiretappings were uncalled for, seeing that their uses weren't explained to the American people, and how could the American people understand what was being done, if the president himself didn't know what he was promoting.

"I'm not a lawyer, so it's kind of hard for me to kind of get bogged down in the law. (Applause.) I'm not going to play like one, either. (Laughter.) The way I viewed it, if I can just put it in simple terms, is that one part of the FBI couldn't tell the other part of the FBI vital information because of law." - George W. Bush

And along with incidents of people have complained about being investigated by the government for being partners in peace organizations who voiced dissenting views on the war effort, also backed by the ACLU which claimed since March 14 saying that they had concrete evidence which proves that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had been monitoring the moves of American citizens merely for their anti-war views.

Seeing that the ruling came on August, 17 it isn't expected that the NSA would voice a public reply or comment toward the ruling of United States District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor for nixing their security program which was argued to have been impeding on rights guaranteed to the United States citizens in the Constitution because it violated "The separation of powers doctrine, the Administrative Procedures Act, the First and Fourth amendments to the United States Constitution, the FISA and Title III."

First amendment is the freedom of speech and of press, which was violated by the government when they started investigating people for their dissenting views, and impeding the freedom of press by not allowing journalists access to information by classifying many of their actions as secret, arguing that if the information were ever made public, it would jeopardize national security.

The President of the United States also authorized the technical unlawful search of people by eavesdropping on people on their calls made to or coming from over seas locations.

The fourth amendment states: 'The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.'

Be it as it may, if the President vetoes the ruling and even if the roving wiretaps are reinstated for use, and used as they were before, people have already been enlightened to these events and are less ignorant to the acts of their government.

And the ACLU has already accomplished their initial goal of bringing light to these things so that the American people aren't left in the dark, where they would be manipulated and watched for no reason.

What does this say about our nation though? That they don't trust us? Or that they think we're stupid? And wouldn't find out?

I don't like being lied to, and I surely don't like being not trusted because of what someone did, who didn't even necessarily live in the U.S.

It's more startling that people weren't informed about these events; about how people would be giving up some privacy and a freedom that people died for, which is free speech, and people should be taken aback that their own government Is making conscious changes and adopting formerly unlawful methods to ostensibly snuff out terrorist organizations.

It appears more apparent that the Government is trying to take on a new facade without notice, toward a more omnipotent guise, in attempts to show potential enemies that we have the abilities to run them out of the country, in anyway and everyway possible, provided by our technology.

The Presidential Quotes were taken verbatim from The White House Presidential Speech Archives.