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In reply to the discussion: I personally stopped 103 plots. [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)25. I'm saying people here would suddenly not find it unconstitutional
The same posters who find it horrible now might find it not so bad were it used to prosecute the banksters.
And you have to read a lot more than just the Fourth Amendment to have much expertise on the subject of unreasonable searches and seizures and probable cause.
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If I alert on this thread, that will means I will have thwarted 278 terrorist plots
BlueStreak
Jun 2013
#16
But there ARE elected officials in Congress that do know the details of the stopped plots.
DontTreadOnMe
Jun 2013
#7
So it seems clear that the government IS spying on us... so I guess the whole world has gone
DontTreadOnMe
Jun 2013
#23
No. Just no. I think you are just uncomfortable with your own positions on this issue.
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2013
#28
"What if the government used the data to prosecute the banksters and the corporatists?" Then we
jtuck004
Jun 2013
#59
The corporate world wouldn't indict itself, let alone, legitimately investigate itself.
pacalo
Jun 2013
#61
Warren, I keep telling you! That plot you stopped with my phone records wasn't a plot. It was a
Squinch
Jun 2013
#18
I was in the military and can't reveal any details, but you're all alive because I'm a hero!
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#41
poor little baby. nobody listens to you. maybe you should hold your breath.
MjolnirTime
Jun 2013
#76