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Farewell Fourth Amendment

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A few years ago, the government’s involvement in monitoring all of our online and phone activities was exposed.  Every phone call, instant message, email, text, and pretty much any type of electronic communication is being recorded and monitored, always.   The reasoning behind this began years ago to provide for the security of the country.  After the 9-11 attacks, the Bush administration passed laws that would allow them to perform wiretaps on suspected terrorists without having to obtain a search warrant. Even after 9-11, the country was in an uproar as the government was clearly bypassing citizen's Constitutional rights. This was a huge infringement of the rights clearly set forth by our Founding Fathers, even if the end goal was to keep us safe. President Bush was under attack and was frequently compared to Richard Nixon for his spying maneuvers. It wasn't long until people were calling for his impeachment over his evasive move to wiretap terrorists without a se...