James Comey, new head of FBI does not agree with suggestions to protect privacy in surveillance necessary for terrorism prevention. ( http://goo.gl/s0ttt1) Really tough call for two competing imperatives- privacy vs citizen safety. Decisions today can lead to problems tomorrow if successful terrorism attack occurs. President could be pilloried in future by his decision. Can anyone really say unequivically what choice is right? No hard data. Gut feelings (and political backlash) determine policy.
Resurrecting Democracy
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Political junkie, Vietnam vet, neurologist- three books on aging and dementia. Book on health care reform in 2009- Shock Therapy for the American Health Care System. Book on the need for a centrist third party- Resurrecting Democracy- A Citizen’s Call for a Centrist Third Party published in 2011. Aging Wisely, published in August 2014 by Rowman and Littlefield. Latest book- The Uninformed Voter published May 2020