Jay Ambrose: National security vs. potential for abuse

Published May 17, 2006 4:00am ET



The National Security Agency has been examining a couple trillion phone call records in what seems to be a perfectly legal, constitutionally allowable program that invades no one’s privacy and could save your life. So here’s what we should do: Impeach President Bush.

After all, the program could be abused. Yes, it’s true that no one is listening in to phone calls. No one will learn that John Doe is having an affair with MarySmith. But someone could someday … right? There could be abuse.

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