Replies to post #2640 on Poet's Corner

[Poet]

OK, let me ask you this (because it's something I'm wrestling with right now):

Given that the TIPS program may violate some citizens' civil rights, does this alone make it wrong? What I mean is this, we're in terrorist gunsights (so to speak),so is this an appropriate time to tread on those boundaries? And, if so, which rights are sacrosanct, which can be jiggled a bit?