May 13, 2006
Best of Crosstalk... Domestic Surveillance
| Host: | Vic Eliason |
| Guest: | Bruce Fein |
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Bruce Fein is a constitutional lawyer and international consultant with Bruce Fein & Associates and the Lichfield Group. He also writes a legal and international affairs column for the Washington Times.
Nearly every American agrees that terrorist organizations need to be monitored. The U.S. Constitution gives government the right to combat such terror threats. Past threats like the Cuban missile crisis show that 9-11 did not create some unique circumstance that keeps government from effective intelligence gathering and surveillance.
This Crosstalk analyzes president Bush's spying and surveillance rights under the Constitution as well as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and how these factors pertain to U.S. citizens on American soil.
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