cloud9....first of all, i'm just going to say that i think you are very well read in this area and you know what the act says and all that....i think also, though, maybe you are interpreting from that our government is out to get the american people just because. that's not, in my opinion, the case. the american government seeks out those who intend for ill-will to happen upon us. those who wish to terrorize us and blow us up and make us look like flaming idiots (whoa, germany). this act is for the american people's
protection, it is not about a hitler reincarnat....it's about protecting this country, it's citizens, me, YOU. no, i don't think anyone really wants for everything they do to be monitored.....but if it's happening to
everyone here, then it's not like someone is being singled out....like, middle easterners who live here would not be the only ones subjected to this treatment. it's all of us. i'm ok with that b/c some ppl give up their
lives for our freedoms and rights to be protected, my privacy is not that severe of a thing to give up for a while. i mean, if they do listen in to my phone calls or read my emails, at least they won't be bored.
it's not that we don't care, it's just that we are willing to give a bit of ourselves for the overall protection (i seem to like that word...pro-tec-tion....let's all say it together) of our fellow citizens. i don't have anything to hide, so why sweat it? it's not like they're gonna see someone is a registered democrat/republican and carry them away in an armored car.
just my thought....take it for what it's worth.
monica