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BobG
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The Bush administration says the electronic surveillance is authorized by the special war time powers granted to the President by the Constitution and by Congress' Sep 14, 2001 "Authorization for Use of Military Force". The obvious question is how long will warrantless surveillance be allowed. Another year or so? Three or four years? As long as it takes? For the rest of your lifetime? How about until your newborn has grandchildren? Implied from Rumsfeld's estimate is that the surveillance will be authorized for decades. (Washington Post article)
The "War on Terror" has now become "The Long War" and is referenced as such many times in the http://www.defenselink.mil/qdr/report/Report20060203.pdf.
In other words, the administration's position is that 9/11 has justified virtually permanent suspension of the Fourth Amendment.
Rumsfeld Offers Strategies for Current War said:The United States is engaged in what could be a generational conflict akin to the Cold War, the kind of struggle that might last decades as allies work to root out terrorists across the globe and battle extremists who want to rule the world, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said ..
The "War on Terror" has now become "The Long War" and is referenced as such many times in the http://www.defenselink.mil/qdr/report/Report20060203.pdf.
In other words, the administration's position is that 9/11 has justified virtually permanent suspension of the Fourth Amendment.
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