An unconstitutional bill

The White House and leaders on Capitol Hill announced a suppose compromise on a domestic spying bill. According to President Bush and his allies, this bill will be an indispensable tool for protecting the nation’s security but “still” safeguards our civil liberties. Of course this is not possible; spying but at the same time safeguarding our civil liberties?

Some other members of Congress are opposed to this bill because they believe that many of its provisions are unnecessary, unclear and the bill will threat to the bill of rights.

After September 11, 2001 Mr. Bush bypassed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to authorize the interception of international calls and e-mail messages without a warrant.

The FISA is an act that requires the government to get a warrant to intercept between anyone in this country and everyone outside it. But now it doesn’t require a warrant for a limited time.

This bill has some problems. It gives the government too much freedom to acquire communications in the United States without individual warrants or even a showing of probable cause. It greatly reduces judicial review, and it would remain in force for six years, which is too long.

Congress should oppose to pass this bill. It violates the fourth amendment of the bill of rights because all of this is unreasonable search and seizure.

We have the right to have privacy. The government must not watch everything we do because that would be a threat to our liberty. Passing this bill would be unconstitutional.