# Democrat president in 2008. What happens to lost freedoms?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 10, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-president-in-2008-what-happens-to-lost-freedoms/368095 "2006-08-10T02:01:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrat-president-in-2008-what-happens-to-lost-freedoms/368095/21 "2006-08-12T00:28:58Z")

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[QUOTE=Duke of Rat]  
Do you really think that in the whole of the Cold War, nobody was ever tortured and no illegal wiretaps were accomplished? I’m not saying they were or weren’t, just that I wouldn’t be surprised if either thing happened at least once during that entire time.  
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Not unlikely… but remember, a lot of the wiretaps that are illegal now weren’t illegal then. FISA was passed in 1978.

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