Originally Posted by foundit66

I have no problem with "roaming" wiretaps where John Doe has a court ordered wire-tap against him, and any phone he uses can be tapped.
I DO have a problem with other phones that John Doe MIGHT use being tapped, even to the extent that it is tapped when he IS NOT using it.

There are some issues in the Patriot Act I support.
There are some issues in the Patriot Act that I am very troubled by.

There are some issues that the Patriot Act utilizes as a means of expediency.
There are some issues that the Patriot Act which just plain ignores the REASONS for the checks and balances being in place, and just allows the government to ride rough-shod over our rights.

I really wish we could get some form of "line-item veto" or "line-item voting" in place so that we don't have an entire piece of legislation falter just because of one aspect of it.
But neither the democrats nor the republicans are going to allow that...