Begin forwarded message:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: June 8, 2006 2:41:12 PM EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [email protected]
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
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
415.947.6820
http://www.informationweek.com
http://www.thomasclaburn.com
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