Privacy Debate: "Con" Cross-Examination

For the Con side's question, Marc Rotenberg asked the pro team the two-part question: 1) do you think the President has the power under Article 2 of the Constitution to intercept American citizens' telephone communications records, and if so, 2) is there any stopping point? Kmiec answered that President Bush did indeed have the powers granted by the Constitution to conduct the activities that he ordered. He added that oversight of government activities should be done on the back end as opposed to the front end, which he argues is where Mr. Rotenberg believes it should be. Rotenberg responded that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 was passed to handle this type of activity, and it's this law that the Bush Administration has pushed aside in fighting the war on terror. Respondents: Rotenberg and Kmiec.

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[Godsmercy86]

President bush will not be in good or great standing when future historians give an account of actions, especially when theres clear evidences that show he lied about weapons of mass destruction, executing the war poorly and justification on spying in on the America public.