NSA Views

There was an article written by a guy that I usualy agree with and find a verry wise man except in this article he was kinda stupid and I felt the convulsion to email him and did so and I even got a response back (which honestly surprised me!)

So although no one reads this board here is the email.

The article :http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10549144/

His response :
I hope you can influence your elected officials to hear what you've said. And as far as Franklin and me, I've always known that Ben was far smarter than I could ever be - but thanks for reminding me...

Regards,

CVZ

What I wrote:

-----Original Message-----
From: Kitt [mailto:windsilvermoon@neomail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 3:03 PM
To: CVZ@msnbc.com
Subject: a view you missed on the NSA/ Patriot Act

What you fail to realize is that Many american citizens have husband brothers fathers sisters cousins aunts uncles and cousins overseas, in areas that according to the Patriot Act would allow the NSA to hear there every word it is not so much that they do or don't you can't prove or disapprove it either way atm. One of the reasons I'd like to see what they have and haven't been looking at if they are truly doing nothing wrong then it wouldn't be an issue in the first place. The problem comes in the fact you don't know if there listening in on an American wife whose American husband is serving overseas. listening to every I love you and tearful plea for him to come home safely. Although they are doing nothing wrong these people have every right to know what they say is being said in private because frankly it is no ones business how they feel for each other. When you go home and kiss your spouse at night and say loving words into her ear , or have a conversation with your child about what he or she should or shouldn't do assuming you have either or if not your significant other or any date you ever been on. Do you really want someone listening in on that conversation no matter how irrelevant it is Do you not have that right to have a private moment? I feel more then anything the men and women serving our country have that right, They fight for every right we have, but under the provisions met by the patriot act any man or women calling overseas is suspect and is able to be wire tapped for surveillance, weather it has or hasn't happened is irrelevant in the scheme of things, The fact is where does it stop, to protect our rights before it gets to a spot that it can no longer be protected or impossible to get back.
A wiser man then you by the name of Ben Franklin had it exactly right

Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

These words were never truer. I would give up my life for my country but not my liberty for the moment we give up liberty we are no longer americans.

So although you are american and entitled to your right of free speech, what i want to know is does that include a right to my own privacy of what i say to my husband overseas?
According to your article my rights don't matter much? So when you go home and have a personal conversation with someone you love remember that I'll be wondering if everything personal and private i say to my husband if ever I love you and I miss you if every Daddy when are you coming home is being listened to even if only for a moment to check on if there is anything interesting being said on the line am i and my children not entitled to the respect and privacy of every other american?

You can say giving up my privacy to prevent the life of someone else is worth it but would it be the same if it was your privacy?
I disagree. I say lets stop the murder the thieving the crap in our own country secure our borders and fix up our own back yard would do a hell of alot more good then any wire tapping ever would.