Rights That Travel

RIGHTS THAT TRAVEL
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Sen Ron Wyden (D-OR)]
[Commentary] For nearly 30 years, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) has represented the ultimate balance between our needs to fight terrorism ferociously and to protect the constitutional rights of Americans. It is an important balance and one that should not be eliminated simply because an American leaves U.S. soil. Shouldn't it mean something to be an American, even outside the United States? In the digital age, it makes little sense that an individual's relationship with his or her government should depend on that individual's physical location. Congress and the president have an opportunity to recognize this and to affirm that no matter where an American is in the world, it always means something to be an American.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/09/AR200712...
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