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Feedback ForumNOW wants to hear from you! Send us your opinions, reactions and ideas about "Wiretap Whistleblower."Submissions for this question are no longer being accepted. Previously submitted comments appear below. Comments may have been edited for content or space. Poster: Deborah Hanley Comment: I fear most the complete lack of integrity on the part of people with power, either in the government or in large corporations. All around me I see people working hard for their families, their schools, and communities. When does that ethic break down? Is there any chance that something as massive and corrupt as our government can ever be brought to accountability? Poster: Brenda Comment: We deeply appreciate the wiretap whistleblower. Please convey our immeasurably deep gratitude. If there is any hope of saving our democracy, we owe a big debt to him. There should be no immunity for the telecomms. If they wanted to be off the hook, they should have appealed it when it happened instead of leaving it to the one guy who cared about our Constitution to out what they and the Bush Administration were doing. It is too bad that those who acquiesced cannot go to jail for life. NO IMMUNITY EVER for the telecomms. Poster: Mary Comment: Wiretapping, without a warrant is illegal! The telecomunications companies could have refused to do so until they got a warrant. There is no excuse for them now that they have been complicit with this administration. Our right to privacy has been invaded. To those that say that they have nothing to hide, fine, me too, but that is besides the point. Most Americans are law abiding citizens. These companies should be brought to trial for their conspiracy with unwarranted surveilance. Poster: Jack Martin Comment: The scary thing is not knowing whether I have anything to fear from NSA spying on my emails or not. If they decide that my curiosity about the 9/11 Truth movement, or my criticism of the Federal Reserve Board or my concerns about oil and grain reserves constitute a threat, then the wide powers of the Patriot Act might allow me to be disappeared, imprisoned, tortured and executed without any due process or representation. The decisions could be selective and arbitrary, even personal. Retroactive immunity would only compund such injustices should they come to light. As a person permanently harmed by torture I take my rights seriously, and am willing to advocate for the Constitutional and human rights of others. Poster: Kris Casucci Comment: I saw your show this morning about Wynona Ward and it was very inspiring for me. Poster: Patrice Comment: The idea of immunity for wiretapping should be reconsidered. In this country we make exceptions all too often. The reasons that this is acceptable because it is for the greater good. Which greater good are they talking about?? It seems then, that civil rights must take a back seat to national security. But I wonder if national security really means anything in our country if we forsake its civil rights. Will we then beccome no different than the countries we presume to protect? Poster: Victoria Comment: It seems like there is no such thing as safety anymore. If the government is allowed to tap into our emails, text messages and phone calls, it's almost like one shouldn't have one anymore, there's always mail. Poster: Chuck Rice Comment: My prayer is they do not miss the e-mail or phone conversation that counts. So, tell me how to do that? Poster: Lara Comment: Wiretap Whistleblower: AT&T should not be held responsible for doing what they were asked to do by the top eschelon of power in our country. President Nixon was going to be impeached for doing the same thing that President Bush has done, carte blanche. President Nixon had the good taste to resign before he was impeached. President Bush has the gall to pretend that what he was doing was right. Our civil liberties, guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, have been destroyed by the Bush regime. Poster: Joann Dodd Comment: Thanks for this edition of NOW...I have nothing to hide from those that would like to hear/read what I communicate by phone, e-mail or (in person) but I do want my 4th Amendment Rights to be protected...it's the law of the land. Thanks to this whistler blower...they monitor what is right from wrong. Poster: William Murray Comment: The real problem is not the abuse that takes place in the name of fear but that fear is so successful. We have to be willing to stand up to the fear mongers. |
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