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America Reviews:
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| what a shame It's such a shame.
It's not even all about the money.
Sure, they'll claim it is, and logically the numbers will be extremely huge because they're freaking "ma bell" (got the ill communication  ).
It's more about being responsible. They ought to just go ahead and admit it. Everyone knows what's really going on anyway, and the whole "oooh, but our secrets can't get out.." excuse is beyond lame. Nobody cares so much about HOW they're doing what they're doing, it's the why.
Not many people disagree that yes, they should be able to tap some things for purposes of tracking down a person, as long as 1) they have a just cause 2) they'll keep their end of the bargain and get a warrant - even if it is 'after the fact' by their most generous time limits of, what is it, 90 days???
If the agents can't even get a warrant within that time frame, then doesn't it seem reasonable that maybe, just maybe, it wasn't worth it in the first place and they should move on to "bigger fish" or something that might be worthwhile?
The part(s) most people have problems with, is all this is the idiotic notion that everything must be tapped and that big brother must watch everything. Why? What good does it do to have extraneous information that's completely irrelevant?
It's not only wasteful, it's underhanded, pretentious, and apparently, it used to be illegal.
Not illegal anymore I guess. That must be nice to be able to just change the laws to suit your self.
Why not give retroactive immunity to non-violent small time criminals who are overcrowding prisons across this country? |
