George Will: John Kerry was right about terrorism

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As one of the liberals in this thread, I'll address your questions.

- Wiretapping American's phone calls without a warrant is an impeachable offence. Its not me that says it, its the Constitution.

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I do solemnly swear that I will... preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States...
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

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-Taliban and Al-Qaeda members can be detained without trial because liberals agree with the general idea of a War on Terror. What most of us want is for terrrorists to be either tried in civilian/military court with due process or held as official Prisoners of War with protection under the Geneva Convention.

-Your statement regarding anti-terror operations is ridiculous. Of course most anti-terror operations should remain secret. Your problem is that you want the President to have a blank check to do whatever he wants. But when there is a massive systematic violation of the Constitution, I am glad the NYT prints it.

I don't think the Dems would be better at using the law enforcement tool than Bush. But I do think they would do a much better job at not making the problem worse and creating a whole new set of problems by launching stupid wars.

For CarlSpackler: The reason no one brings up domestic terrorism is that they are largely separate problems with different terrorists and motivations. Plus, no one is suggesting we carpet bomb Montana.