When the government seeks to expand its power to spy on us, for example, it should be required to show how the loss of anonymity and freedom will make us safer. The FBI already enjoys the broad power to eavesdrop; according to government reports, it intercepts some two million innocent telephone and Internet conversations every year. The administration wants to expand its power to conduct surveillance by minimizing the role of the courts in monitoring it. Will this make us safer from terrorism or simply less safe from our government?


"Ashcroft's Lies" in The American Prospect (14 July 2002)

Wendy Kaminer Quotes

When the government seeks to expand its power to spy on us, for example, it should be required to show how the loss of anonymity and freedom will...

When the government seeks to expand its power to spy on us, for example, it should be required to show how the loss of anonymity and freedom will...

When the government seeks to expand its power to spy on us, for example, it should be required to show how the loss of anonymity and freedom will...

When the government seeks to expand its power to spy on us, for example, it should be required to show how the loss of anonymity and freedom will...