Re:I'd have thought (Score 1)

"that the average American would want the line between liberty and safety drawn right at the national borders of the USA. Ie the rest of the world is unsafe and the USA has liberty."

are you kidding, or what? that's a huge part of the problem we had with information prior to the 9/11 attacks.. the question at this point really isn't whether we should look at people who are in the US legally, but AT WHAT POINT do we start looking at them, what steps are we allowed to take, and what happens with the information gathered.. believe me, I'm not at all saying I'm willing to give up any liberties in this.. that's the one thing I feel we both can't, and should not do.. giving up our freedoms will only show that terror is succeeding.. If we're not free, what's left to protect? There definately needs to be some rules set into place, but I believe we can find a way to accomplish this..