Do you trust your government enough to give them unlimited powers ?

Question

Currently, FBI agents need specific reasons — like evidence or allegations that a law probably has been violated — to investigate U.S. citizens and legal residents. The new policy, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press, would let agents open preliminary terrorism investigations after mining public records and intelligence to build a profile of traits that, taken together, were deemed suspicious.

Among the factors that could make someone subject of an investigation is travel to regions of the world known for terrorist activity, access to weapons or military training, along with the person's race or ethnicity.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_profiling

Answer 1

h**l no.  What happened to "We the PEOPLE".

Answer 2

To give the government too much power at any one time--is just inviting disaster.

Answer 3

NO. That is soo unconstitutional.

That's really scaring me. Thank you so much for posting the article- I didn't know anything about it!

Answer 4

YOUR PREMISE IS WRONG. DO SOME RESEARCH ON J. EDGAR HOOVER. HIS PRACTICES WILL SHOW YOU WHAT REAL POWERS CAN BE DIVERTED FOR PERSONAL, IDIOSYNCRATIC PURPOSES.

Answer 5

no they shouldn't we the people should have unlimited power

Answer 6

No. Not at all.

The less control they have in my life, the more freedom and liberty I have.

That's why I don't want the federal government running the economy, my health care or my retirement.

Answer 7

No.

Answer 8

"18 of the 18 hijackers on 9/11 were Middle Eastern Muslims.

That isn't profiling that is minimally observing."

Dennis Miller

Read on in your story:

"FBI agents would not be allowed to eavesdrop on phone calls or dig deeply into personal data — such as the content of phone or e-mail records or bank statements — until a full investigation was opened."

So the government is not going after unlimited power.

Futher more if you read more than the head line you find this out too:

"Martin Redish, a constitutional and civil rights scholar at Northwestern University School of Law, said courts are likely to give the FBI a lot of leeway in deciding how to open national security investigations."

So if you are so worried about the government than I can put you don't for no National Health Care because with that you are asking the government to take control of that part of your life.

Answer 9

Never.It would be like selling your soul to the devil.

Answer 10

if talking about bush  , not on anyone life

Answer 11

no. power corrupts, absolute power absolutely corrupts.

Answer 12

No Way in h**l!

Answer 13

The Fed gov should have unlimited power on limited things. For anyone to be arrested, there should be guidelines, but to conduct an investigation on terror, FBI should have free reign.