And here it is: NSA chief: Surveillance helped stop "dozens" of threats

[Savannahmann]

23. Ballancing the interests?

I've heard that a great deal lately. We have to balance privacy with security. But security is not mentioned in the Constitution. Common Defense is listed twice. Yet, the right to be secure in your person or papers is listed quite specifically. Also, the right to consult with council, which is prohibited by the PATRIOT ACT NSL's. Right to be tried by a jury of your peers, unless it is a National Security matter, and then you can be detained indefinitely.

There is no mention of balance in the Constitution. There are limits to Government power to do pretty much everything they have been doing. Now, what oath did every Congressman and the President take? The oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Yet that darned document gets in the way.

Take if you will, the first Amendment. It begins Congress shall pass no law. It does not say that the Supreme Court shall find invalid any law which...

I wonder what we'll fight for next? Perhaps a national database of all people who object to anything the Government does. Oh wait, we already have that.