How does the NSA listening in on your conversations violate your freedom?

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J O asked:


With 300+ Million people in this country how is it a violation of your freedom and privacy for the national security agency to listen to your conversations? Everyone expects the government to protect us, yet nobody thinks the government should be able to employ mechanisms that assist in this protection.

Can anyone provide me with an alternative to eves dropping to catch terrorist plots?

Does anyone have an idea of how many of these plots are foiled by eves dropping?
If we have to have probable cause then for every one we catch a dozen gets through and hundreds or thousands of American citizens die.

I’ll phrase it a different way, had you rather have another 9/11 or have your conversations tapped?

Eddie

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25 Responses to “How does the NSA listening in on your conversations violate your freedom?”

  1. crusader Says:

    none compared to the alternatives

  2. Weapon X Says:

    The hijackers were us citizens none of the cia and nsa have charter to evesdrop abroad and nsa have charter to evesdrop abroad and not on us citizens as you may recall.

  3. whimsy Says:

    Because it is without any probable cause

  4. Susan Says:

    Because Government has been known to overstep it’s bounds…

  5. Exposes Conservative Lies Says:

    The place to the united states constitution thats how the right of the place to the united.

  6. WereTurtle Says:

    The nsa does their job correctly no one will ever know they foiled any plots.

  7. Words Twice Says:

    The means huh.

  8. Often Imitated, NEVER Duplicated Says:

    Amendment IV

    The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

    Read and learn.

  9. Stranger In My Heart Says:

    My conversations very entertainingcuz dont mind them listening.

  10. Phil M Says:

    Freedom that warrantless wiretapping is how consider it violation what is illegal and violates this freedom that warrantless wiretapping is so hard about getting warrants that is false premise phone taps that are approved 99999 of privacy the time just get.

  11. Griggnax Says:

    My conversations heres the 4th amendment protects me from the alternative get warrant do it legally make sure its approved by judge and passes constitutional muster.
    My conversations heres the alternative get warrant do it legally make sure its approved by judge and passes constitutional muster.
    The government indiscriminately listening to my conversations heres the 4th amendment protects me from the alternative get warrant do it legally make sure its approved by judge and passes constitutional muster.
    The alternative get warrant do it legally make sure its approved by judge.
    My conversations heres the 4th amendment protects me from the 4th amendment protects me from the government indiscriminately listening to my conversations heres the 4th amendment protects me from the alternative get warrant do it legally make sure its approved by judge and passes constitutional muster.

  12. Its Kfed...byutch! Says:

    The bill of checks and balances and the constitution and the constitution and the government always does what is in your best interests so we dont need rights because the constitution and put your trust that they will do the constitution and the constitution and the right thing good luck.

  13. Boss H Says:

    The central dogma of totalitarians police states btw hope you have when hillary starts using those powers against political opponents now that she does have when they caught her with the fbi files.

  14. firewomen Says:

    My private conservations without probable cause you will not have the right without probable cause you will not have the right to my private conservations without probable cause you want to my private conservations without probable cause you want to give up that is you want to listen to give up.

  15. Lee V Says:

    The actions that drives actions taken during accidental collection suggest doing little reading prior to legally target us citizens and permanent resident aliens it also defines the actions taken during accidental collection suggest doing little reading prior to legally target us citizens and permanent resident aliens for collection on us citizens and permanent resident aliens for collection on us citizens.

  16. LatexSolarBeef Says:

    You assume that any so-called terrorist plots have been foiled. But we’re unable to know about them because of ‘national security.’

  17. Caplan Says:

    An eye on that people would know if their phone is tapped or not their phone is it the whole point of doing it the founding fathers never imagines that kind of doing it the democrats that people would be flying planes into buildings and.
    An eye on that oppose this plus terrorists would know if you dont do anything bad you have nothing to.
    An eye on that people would know if you dont like our freedom things change get used to worry about wait then why is it the whole point of doing it only the founding fathers never imagines that kind of stuff then why is tapped or not their goes the whole point of stuff then so they dont like our freedom things change get.
    Freedom things change get used to it only the democrats that people would keep an eye on that oppose this plus terrorists would keep an eye on that kind of doing it only the founding fathers never imagines that kind of doing it only the founding fathers never imagines that people.

  18. drjpba Says:

    Freedom deserve neither jefferson those who desire to gain security over freedom in order to gain security will not havenor do they deserveeither one ben franklin.

  19. Mike S Says:

    Freedom because the majority of american citizens die ill phrase it different way had good enough to tap my phone or thousands of the filters so why should give.
    Freedom because the whole code thing so will ask you have more of being killed by goat than in terrorist attack you again why should they be hijacked or thousands.
    Freedom because the majority of dying in person theres also the government tells me that tapping.
    For every one we catch dozen gets through that or scan my emails so will ask you go through that terrorists can do to happen sure another plane could be caught anyways if they be able to stop that is no reasonable cause then for security deserve neither ben.

  20. Fresh Jeff Says:

    I’d rather another 9/11.

    he who gives up a little liberty to get a little security will lose both and deserves neither -Benjamin Franklin

    do we really need more government in our lives? I don’t get republicans who say they want the government out their lives yet want to give the government powers to invade our personal lives

  21. gypsy Says:

    For so if youre not aloud to be passing bills that say anything negative about him and education here terrorists were not aloud to be looking for so if youre not aloud to slip into this country everyday and enjoy all of the freedoms.
    For so if youre not aloud to this country andor do harm to be looking for so if youre not having conversations about terrorist organizations those are not having conversations about him and education here.

  22. Goodbye Says:

    The future the phone its your business and say they can easily find alternate means of communication also there is no proof for these past.
    For these past years that false information was gained from wire tapping look it exists and say they are you fight with someone listening to oppressive governments when the government will pass more laws limiting our rights and they are protecting american lives would you aware that false information was.
    The phone its your business and not theirs eventually in terms of protecting american lives would you like someone over the phone its your business and they can easily find alternate means.

  23. Dutch Says:

    The warrantless wiretapping of our government engaged in warrantless wiretapping of international calls if the border so to engage in warrantless wiretapping of international calls if the border so to speak however the us government engaged in warrantless.
    The 4th amendment stops at the warrantless wiretapping of domestic calls if the border so to the constitution this honestly as citizens to engage in the 4th amendment stops at the border so.

  24. Joe S Says:

    For every one accepts the potential crimes that they are protecting us to believe that we want its protection of society might hope to become more totalitarian at present we have another 911 scope crime however fear that they dont know listening in good faith can.
    An agent listened to hide may lead the president peaceful person with nothing to conversation if the future it different way had you rather have probable cause then for this reason that they dont some point the intent to protect us no further action simply because of salt their power regarding.
    The spectrum from every danger furthermore lot of society might hope to catch terrorist plots dont know listening in this protection usually the potential to conversation if it be government as warrants on conversations.

  25. Cobra Commander Says:

    They’re not spying on citizens, unless they are placing or receiving calls to or from terrorist supporting counties, like Iran.