Originally posted by DKSuddeth
I'll say it again, for the third time I think, sneak and peek. You are now less free from home invasion by the government from a simple anonymous phone call. Despite all the rhetoric aimed at calming the 'unfounded' fears about the searches, the government can get a search warrant for your home by simply telling a judge that its related to an ongoing terror investigation. It also reduces whats needed in a FISA court to just the claim for said warrant. After that, the ball game is over. You no longer have the right to privacy and you didn't do a damn thing.
First a clarification: Do you mean to say that someone you don't know could call your home, drop a terroristic innuendo and the government would come after you?
While the chances of a terrorist picking up the phone and dialing random number is slim to non-existant, let's assume this happens and you are investigated by the government. You seem to assume they will lock you up and throw away the key. I on the other hand have faith in our government that if such an unplausible scenario actually happened, not much more would be made of it.
Not having privacy in of itself does not make you less free.