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In a situation where lives are at risk, such as now in a war footing with radical Islam, adult Americans know that some liberties are often sublimated in the short term in order to overcome a very significant and continuing threat.  All of you millennials who are afraid that the FBI will snoop on your weekend date plans, or your speed dealer's phone number need to loosen up, believe me no one cares about you, and -a lot- of people you don't know can see what you are doing every day.  

"The steps Lincoln took are well known. Under his constitutional powers as commander-in-chief of the military, he declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in certain locations. He blockaded Southern ports. He shut down some opposition newspapers. He created tribunals similar to the ones that George W. Bush established when he was president. At one point early in the war, convinced that the Maryland legislature was poised to vote an ordinance of secession, he ordered Federal troops to arrest and detain pro-secessionist lawmakers. Lincoln justified this last step on the grounds that there was “tangible and unmistakable evidence” of their “substantial and unmistakable complicity with those in armed rebellion.”"

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/389928/civil-liberties-wartime-mackubin-thomas-owens

But today, ignorant liberals would rather lose the Civil war than to make a temporary sacrifice.

sog35 said:

Unreal how ignorant these guys are about technology and the constitution.

You are the ignorant one.  This is a matter that all candidates agree must be resolved by courts, or by legislation.  There is nothing in the constitution that even references this sort of thing, the vast majority of Americans understand that and support the FBI on this matter. Apple is only being asked to allow the FBI to log into one phone, a phone that was used by a mass murderer, end of story.  Your telephone conversations with your girlfriend are still going to be private.

Would he look into a phone if a terrorist attack were planned for Apple HQ?  You can bet he would.