What is at Stake...

I wish to make something perfectly clear in the telephone recording and database issue that I have been discussing lately.

The oath administered upon entering the military and law enforcement both contain passages pertaining to the constitution of the United States of America. The oath regarding law enforcement officers dwells further into state, county and/ or city, but both involve the person swearing under oath of office to protect and uphold those rights and laws.

I have been privileged to serve my country and the citizens of it in both situations. I have taken the oath for each of these positions as a soldier in the US Army and as a Police Officer. I am no longer with either, but considered a veteran and I personally consider the oaths I took to be a sacred trust. I strive within my life to uphold this trust.

The issue of the NSA or any government agency for that matter obtaining your telephone number is not under discussion here. Yes, that would be a time consuming factor, but it is not an impossibility, nor is it that difficult of a task to achieve.

The agencies which have physical control of the largest database ever compiled consisting of tens of millions of recorded personal and business telephone conversations are already working with the primary owner and operators of the nations telephone exchanges. The task of backtracking the telephone numbers would entail compiling an algorithm and implementing it within the exchange system. It would take awhile, but rest assured that if needed, it could and would be done.

What is at stake is the personal liberties of every American citizen contained within this database created by the telephone companies recording your conversations without consent or court order, violating your fourth amendment rights under the constitution. As well as Federal laws, The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC 2516, along with applicable individual state and city laws.

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

These rights and laws were enacted to protect our rights and they have been wantonly violated in the name of national security. That is what I am upset about and that is what I have been writing about.

Thank You.