Just another example of this administration over stepping the law. People, you voted them in, this is the government you get.

who cares?!?! Let them look at me...I'm not doing anything wrong. Are you?

Yea they can look at me all they want. Only paranoid fools are upset. Anything they need to do to prevent another 9/11 is fine with me.

i cant belive we are in usa...this gov make us look like iran or iraq and never ever have anything done right god help us

Common America,

"I'm not doing anything wrong. Are you?"

Neither were the founding fathers of this country, but apparently they saw fit to limit the government's reach into our personal information. But I guess the Constitution and provisions therein have little meaning for you.

Mr. Common American:

Our US Constitution was written to protect us against becoming a dictatorship. If we allow our government access in ANY regard, in ANY case, then we become something far different than a democracy. These infringements were exactly the reasons "why" we have a US Constitution and we don't live under some authoritarian government.

You obviously have no understanding of what a democracy IS.

Go read the US Constitution and what our forefathers said ...

Bill of Rights
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.

I thought the republican party was for SMALLER government. Or is it just smaller governmental oversite?

I love the "if you aren't a criminal why do you care"? Response.

If you want to waive your 4th Amendment rights go ahead. Let the police move in with you if you feel safer. Why require warrants at all?

It's because the government is corrupted by it's own power. It will make mistakes, then use these laws to cover them up.

Papers Please...I said we need your papers before you cross the state border...Papers Please....

If you have not done wrong, you have nothing to fear, says someone. Ever thought who defines what is wrong and what is right? In oh so many countries, e.g. critisizing goverment is WRONG. And so they would like it to be in US too.

When the FBI used the Patriot Act to get at Rush Limbaugh's medical records, I heard NOTHING about it from the MNM. Apparently, misusing the patriot act to attack Rush is O.K.

Funny, ain't it?

People who would trade their freedoms for security will find they soon have neither.

We survived enemies for 200 years without personal invasion such as this by the federal government. This act was unnecessary and as dangerous as anything since the Alien and Sedition Acts.

My great fear is that "Common American" does speak for the common American and that the majority of my fellow citizens and voters have actual disdain for Constitutionally guaranteed civil rights. What's worse is they vote and I have to live under the government they select.

It is not about whether or not YOU think you are doing something wrong. If the people obtaining the information think you are doing something wrong, you will at least be in for a big headache. That is why we need privacy laws and information needs to be obtained legally. It has nothing to do with being paranoid.

Just another abuse of the Bush Administration. Those of you who don't care are probably the 30% that still support the war monger. You're probably also the body that cares more about American Idol than the Americans dying everyday over in IRAQ for lies crafted by the administration.

Wow, you guys are being a little hard on the common American. I agree that the constitution was written in a sense to prevent things such as this from ocurring, but we really do need to rmember that it was written in a much different era. I love the constitution but I love freedom from terroristic fear more, and try explaining the laws of the constitution to all those that have died, military and civilian that may have been prevented by additional government power. It may sound like I'm playing part of an advocate but I really do see both sides of it. You all look at the 'freedoms' and privacies that have been taken away but aren't thinking about the hundreds of lives that may have been saved over the past 6 years. Again, I love the constitution but without re-writing it, sometimes I guess rules need to be bent. And you CANNOT compare this country to any dictatorship, so think before you type!

Common America is a fool. The government makes mistakes too. Someday they'll confuse YOU with a terrorist. Then they'll come to get you to take you to Guantanimo Bay. You'll be taken away kicking and screaming saying, "you have the wrong guy." But it's YOU who gave them the power. Couldn't happen in America? Think again.

More truth justice and the American way. With the CIA and the FBI on the loose I don't know who to fear the most them or the enemy.

To Common America (and all others like you): You insult all with your IGNORANT STATEMENTS! Many Americans gave their lives so you can live the kind of life you are able to live and you pay little recognition for their sacrifice with your idiot statements! You sir are the fool!