<story><title>FBI: If We Told You . . . (Part II)</title><url>http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/fbi-if-we-told-you-part-ii</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>fleitz</author><text>I think that whatever grounds corporations (and their customers) have to challenge these requests that those grounds have far more basis in the law than &quot;it would be bad for business.&quot; If the grounds for challenge are baseless then a court will toss the case, but I think that would be highly unlikely.&lt;p&gt;People have a constitutional right to be secure in their papers and effects and the court should be the one judging where these rights start and end, and not the FBI.&lt;p&gt;Exactly what is so important that a warrant cannot be obtained from a judge before tapping these lines? Where is the justification that this is necessary to secure our happiness and freedom?&lt;p&gt;If it is necessary to repeal parts of the constitution then we should have a frank, open and honest discussion about it. The more likely case is that Augustus has no clothes.</text></comment>
<story><title>FBI: If We Told You . . . (Part II)</title><url>http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/fbi-if-we-told-you-part-ii</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>meatsock</author><text>&apos;if what we ARE telling you is this scary imagine the stuff  we&apos;re protecting you from knowing.&apos;&lt;p&gt;how fantastically polite.</text></comment>