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So, you actually think it was “illegal” for every wartime President to spy on the enemy within our own borders, huh?
Only if they didn't comply with FISA or whatever law was in place prior to FISA. Otherwise, it was legal. Obviously.
I'm curious: how do you feel about private wiretapping? Do you care if your ISP logs all your data and sells it to anyone who has the money? There is a lot of personal information that can be gotten legally (or at least, can be gotten without much threat of enforcement.) For instance, credit cards are under no obligation not to sell your transaction data, and cell phone records can easily be gotten for less than $100. Do you feel as comfortable with that fact as you do with the government watching you?
After all, if you're not doing anything wrong...
How about when FDR shipped off all those Japanese-Americans to internment camps?
Even if that were technically legal by a bad ruling, it was an immoral and un-American act. I could scarcely have more contempt for those think otherwise.
