 Quote by turbo-1
Congress shut the program down because the potential for misuse was tremendous and there were no safeguards in place to prevent misuse.
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Congress does a lot of things for mostly face-saving reasons. This one got a strong negative knee-jerk reaction, so Congress shut it down.
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The Bush administration once again defied Congress and simply moved the project to the NSA where Congressional oversight is impossible.
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As is his prerogative...
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You may think that "National Security" trumps all individual rights, including the right to privacy.
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I said nothing of the sort. In fact, that is the entire issue here: I challenge you to show how this in any way affects our right to privacy, and beyond that, define what a "right to privacy" even is (it isn't specified in the Bill of Rights).
Make your argument.