>>>SNIP
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>>>>Jim. So we MUST take step to prevent attacks, yet many Americans, and others, are not willing to up with even the slightest inconvenience in exchange for more security. We have activist who cry "racism" or even will sue you for anything they see as discrimination.
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>>>>Not an easy task, protecting a country that is based on open society, without stepping on someone's feeling.
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>>>But as I see it, Sam, the "open society" is disappearing fast.
>>>In an "open society" the steps taken INSIDE MY COUNTRY would be debated and agreed and citizens would know about them. The need for secrecy is waaaaaayyyy overblown but is used to advantage by those in power. You can be sure that it's a slippery slope of which they intend to take full advantage.
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>>So everything should be debated and should be agreed on before the gov't take action?
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>No, only those things that impinge on citizens' privacy and freedom.

That's the dilemma. Many things that gov't do to protect the COUNTRY, from checking your ID card to "wire tapping" and random car search, can be construed as violation of civil rights to many.


>>Aren't there somethings that are better for the country if the general public didn't know.
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>Sure there are. I'm not talking about spies and such outside of the country.

Don't you think there are spies and such inside the country too?
Besides, if things are subject to public debate it won't matter where the spies actually are.