As the FISA debate continues, we get a closer look at our government's attempt to balance privacy and security... or should I say their lack of balance.
Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people's private communications and financial information.
I humbly disagree with Mr. Kerr. I get to decide what information about myself is shared. Not AT&T and not the federal government. The power discrepancy makes this a very pertinent issue.
The bill, the president said, must "keep the intelligence gap firmly closed and ensure that protections intended for the American people are not extended to terrorists overseas who are plotting to harm us."
Retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that cooperated with electronic surveillance, must also be part of the bill, Bush said.
President Bush and his administration are using fear to manipulate. The difference between privacy and secrecy is a pertinent debate, and this Happy Monkey cannot tolerate fear based decisions that cut to the very core of our constitutional right to privacy.
PRIVACY-the state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs
SECRECY-the state or condition of being secret, hidden, or concealed
"Lend your voices, only to sounds of freedom" (Jewel)
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