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Has the President of the United States done something wrong?

It was revealed recently that President Bush authorized wire taps on "people with known links to al Qaeda" by circumventing the process that is typically required to set up wire taps. While this is clearly questionable, was it necessary? He says yes, it was and is necessary. What do YOU think?

In my opinion, and only my opinion, it was not necessary, especially not in the manner that it was done. I'm not saying this because I think our president is not good at his job, though... that is how I feel. I think that it wasn't necessary to hide the fact that wire taps were being used, especially in light of the fact that he plans on keeping them now that everyone knows. The patriot act was questionable enough. This is just one more step in affirming the shady way that the current administration works, in my opinion.

"People with known links to al Qaeda"

The president put forth the information (which is no real secret) that before the September 11th terrorist attacks, the terrorists who carried out the attacks communicated to al Qaeda members outside the United States. Does this information mean that wire taps would be useful after the attacks? I'd think that any terrorist attack wanting to be successful would have to be much more clever than the last one. We are anticipating certain things and any enemy would understand this. That is why I think that wire taps on those with (possible) connections to al Qaeda members is probably useless now.

But it isn't important what I think. It is important what YOU think.