[IP] more on Who they're spying on

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: TClaburn@cmp.com
Date: June 8, 2006 2:41:12 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: ip@v2.listbox.com
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Who they're spying on

Hiawatha Bray wrote:
> So we'd better think seriously about the best ways to defend our  
> country.

In 2005, 56 Americans lost their lives in acts of international  
terrorism, and
of that number, 47 of the fatalities occurred in Iraq. (Source: US  
Dept. of
State)

In 2004, 654,092 people died of heart disease (leading cause of  
death, 108,694
died of accidents (5th leading cause of death), and 31,647 people  
committed
suicide (11th leading cause of death).  (Source: National Center for  
Health
Statistics)

We might try something other than flushing away billions in Iraq.

As Steven Bellovin pointed out, the salient issue is the legality of the
administration's actions, not whether eavesdropping has its uses.

If we want to defend our country, let's start with defending the  
Constitution
and the rule of law.


Thomas Claburn, Editor-at-Large
InformationWeek, CMP Media, Inc.
600 Harrison St., 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107
tclaburn@cmp.com
415.947.6820

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