Anonymous communications are basically off the radar.
Depends on whoseradar you’re talking about. The laws aimed at hunting down terrorists, and the laws aimed at hunting down pirates, are being pushed by different people, but they are converging rather rapidly.
Being a U.S. Citizen noncombatant detained without charge?
Yes, but do you think they’d go for the little guy—you? No. They’d get a warrant, spy on you to get the big guys wherever.
I’m not ok with being spied on just because someone wants to get some “big guy” somewhere. And, as I said before, it’s virtually a certainty that I’m doing something illegal, without even realizing it. I don’t feel any safer knowing that they are “not aiming at me specifically”, because I don’t want to get hit, period.
A little bit. If you’re innocent, then an investigation is a big hassle, but it’s way less severe than permanent incarceration or death.
You say this as though our only possible choices are “an investigation which is a big hassle” and “incarceration or death”.
Depends on whose radar you’re talking about. The laws aimed at hunting down terrorists, and the laws aimed at hunting down pirates, are being pushed by different people, but they are converging rather rapidly.
Is it ok to detain non-US citizens without charge ?
I’m not ok with being spied on just because someone wants to get some “big guy” somewhere. And, as I said before, it’s virtually a certainty that I’m doing something illegal, without even realizing it. I don’t feel any safer knowing that they are “not aiming at me specifically”, because I don’t want to get hit, period.
You say this as though our only possible choices are “an investigation which is a big hassle” and “incarceration or death”.