@RexRed,
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I have no problem with the wiretapping of American citizens and even snooping on the press. I did not object to Bush doing it and I certainly don't object to Obama doing the same.
Touché! I don't have anything to hide, but even if I did if monitoring the number of calls is a step in keeping us safe from attacks, well, go ahead. Obama's explanation made sense to me. There is no such thing as total freedom....in order to be as free as we currently are we have to relinquish something.
There are cameras positioned on practically every street in Manhattan, inside stores, on elevators, at the ATM machines, etc. I'm only sorry this FBI/CIA system has received such national attention; now caution by our enemies will be taken and they will go even further under cover.
Also "There is no such thing as perfect freedom in a finite being. Perfect freedom belongs only -to infinity ; finiteness implies limitations." Human Beings are finite.