Security v. Civil Liberties - How much domestic spying are you willing to "live with?" [View All]

If it was fully debated, and approved, by the Congress, I could "live with" a domestic surveillance program that allowed for a "blanket warrant" that required the Government to get judicial approval of any "search terms" to be fed into the big data-mining computers.

This would protect us by making sure that the Government was only data-mining for terrorist-related terms, and not to keep tabs on political opponents.

That computer could could be programmed to automatically draft, and generate, a request for an individual, particularized, warrant, that would HAVE TO be submitted to, and approved by, a Judge (based on a finding of "probable cause") before the Government could read any e-mail, or listen into any telephone conversation, identified by that "data mining" program.

The law could also allow for the issuance of a warrant 72 hours after the search, to satisfy the viewers of "24" who seem to be really, really concerned about a "ticking time bomb."

This seems like a good, "common sense" compromise that protects both our security and our civil liberties. I am interested in hearing people's thoughts on this.

Krash