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My problem with the autorities abilities to conduct surveilance can be traced to cointelpro. It has been established by history that police and the feds can't be trusted to actually use these tools appropriately and responsibly. I object to any organization headed by john ashcroft having the ability to listen to what i say and read what i send in and e-mail. Regardless of what the Victory act targets, what it will be used for is really what is impotant. How long until the fbi starts spying on perfectly legal organizations, if only for the fact that they oppose the administration. They did it all the time during the civil rights movement. "Terrorists" and "drug pushers" like the SNCC were regularly targeted. All these acts set a bad precedent and further knock us off balance as we teeter above the slippery slope that is a mordern day police/surveilance state.
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