Comments on: The Problem With Leaks http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 Gaius Fri, 12 May 2006 10:27:41 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/#comment-2289 That take is interesting. Because it is not what some people are saying at all. That take is interesting. Because it is not what some people are saying at all.

]]> By: jpe http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/comment-page-1/#comment-2274 jpe Fri, 12 May 2006 03:50:44 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/#comment-2274 I would expect that the threshhold for a program to be considered legitimate would be its legality, a threshhold that this program does not meet (note that FISA defines a communication as anything that identifies a person, which a phone number clearly does). That said, what could Bush do that you would be uncomfortable with? What if the NSA were eavesdropping on purely domestic phone calls w/o warrants? What if the state detained U.S. citizens w/o probable cause and w/o trial? I would expect that the threshhold for a program to be considered legitimate would be its legality, a threshhold that this program does not meet (note that FISA defines a communication as anything that identifies a person, which a phone number clearly does).

That said, what could Bush do that you would be uncomfortable with? What if the NSA were eavesdropping on purely domestic phone calls w/o warrants? What if the state detained U.S. citizens w/o probable cause and w/o trial?

]]> By: A Blog For All http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/comment-page-1/#comment-2223 A Blog For All Thu, 11 May 2006 19:02:48 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/#comment-2223 <strong>The Latest Leak...</strong> USA Today is reporting a new NSA program based on new leaks of classified information. Doesn't that strike anyone the least bit odd?... The Latest Leak…

USA Today is reporting a new NSA program based on new leaks of classified information. Doesn’t that strike anyone the least bit odd?…

]]> By: Black Jack http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/comment-page-1/#comment-2219 Black Jack Thu, 11 May 2006 18:34:28 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/#comment-2219 Best info so far is at PowerLine and Michelle Malkin. Best info so far is at PowerLine and Michelle Malkin.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/comment-page-1/#comment-2215 Gaius Thu, 11 May 2006 18:18:29 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/#comment-2215 Again, until we get some better light on this, this is a lot of wild speculation at this pont. Again, until we get some better light on this, this is a lot of wild speculation at this pont.

]]> By: Robert http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/comment-page-1/#comment-2214 Robert Thu, 11 May 2006 18:13:20 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/#comment-2214 More open government, not less, please. More open government, not less, please.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/comment-page-1/#comment-2194 Gaius Thu, 11 May 2006 15:47:24 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/#comment-2194 There are questions, but I don't see us getting good answers for a while at least - if ever. There are questions, but I don’t see us getting good answers for a while at least – if ever.

]]> By: JP http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/comment-page-1/#comment-2191 JP Thu, 11 May 2006 15:41:58 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/05/11/the-problem-with-leaks/#comment-2191 Glad to see someone else considering this rationally. It does bring up <a href="http://jpsgoddamnblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/terrorist-surveillance-redefined.html" rel="nofollow">questions</a>, though. "Why wasn't this information volunteered earlier this year when the first reports surfaced? Why were we only given part of the truth as an answer? Are people still willing to sacrifice all manner of personal liberty in exchange for security, after being continuously scared by the Bush administration regarding terror threats?" Glad to see someone else considering this rationally. It does bring up questions, though.

“Why wasn’t this information volunteered earlier this year when the first reports surfaced? Why were we only given part of the truth as an answer? Are people still willing to sacrifice all manner of personal liberty in exchange for security, after being continuously scared by the Bush administration regarding terror threats?”

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