You should write movies for Hollywood. That’s about the only place that scenario would play out. Do you have evidence of this happening?

“If you don’t want protection, fine. I do.”

I do want protection. I want protection from Al Quada and every other terrorist organization out there, including the ACLU.

Okay so some terroist in the US has a phone number that’s 1 digit off from yours. Their terrorist buddies call you three times in one week and just hang up when they hear your voice.

All of a sudden you have no rights as an American citizen. You can be wiretapped without a warrant. You can be abducted and held without a lawyer or charges for literally years. You can be tortured. That’s ironic because there’s nothing you could divulge, even in principle, to get them to stop.

“First, a legal citizen of the U.S. that aids the enemy has committed treason, and the only right that person has at that point is to die a quick death.”

You should actually read the Constituion sometime. It can be very entertaining.
“Clause 1: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.”

In other words there MUST be a trial. The format of trials are carefully spelled out in the Constitution. There has to be a lawyer and a jury. So an American citizen accused of treason has several constitutional rights that neither you nor George Bush have a right to take away.

And that’s for your own protection. If you don’t want protection, fine. I do.

I’m not a terrorist, so I have nothing to worry about, my phone isn’t tapped.

“Well, fewer and fewer conservatives are comfortable with that. Too many of them commit crimes and get caught for it.”

Actually, the majority of Americans could care less, as most polls show. Also, conservatives are not committing crimes and getting caught as your irresponsible comment implies. Unless of course you have evidence that Congress does not.

” yes, they do. They absolutely must.”

No, they absolutely must not. First, a legal citizen of the U.S. that aids the enemy has committed treason, and the only right that person has at that point is to die a quick death. Second, the fact that you libs think that the government is arbitrarily tapping whatever phones they want proves that your tin foil hat is on too tight again. It has yet to be proven that Bush did anything illegal.

yes, they do. They absolutely must.

“Are you trying to tell us that citizens that have been on the recieving end of a wiretap are innocent citizens by virtue of their “citizenship”?

no. I’m saying you are not stripped of your constitutional rights because somebody somewhere suspects you of something. We aren’t talking about convictions here. Warrantless wiretaps are not even admissible in court, so convictions for treason or whatever would be impossible. Even a bad lawyer would have them walking out the door scot free.

I’m talking about the CIA or whoever being the final authority over whether or not YOU are a citizen with constititonal protections.

If you are a legal citizen of this country, all the legal rights and protections apply. It doesn’t matter a damn where your parents came from or even where you were born. If those things can be stripped from the bad guys they can just as easily be stripped from you and me.

Your constitutional rights and protections as a citizen of the US should not be something you pitch out the window lightly. If you don’t want rights, there are lots of countries out there where you can live without them. *I* want to keep them!

I am getting real tired of hearing this crap!

How hard is it for you to comprehend that “U.S. citizens” as pertains to this, is Al Queda who have acquired citizenship for constitutional protections and are in this country to do it harm?

“U.S. citizen” as refered to here is someone with citizenship, aiding and abetting the enemy and do not enjoy the same protections you and I do.

Are you trying to tell us that citizens that have been on the recieving end of a wiretap are innocent citizens by virtue of their “citizenship”?

You are ignorant or you are spinning.