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overseas does not violate American laws insofar as it does not ensnare
Americans.
Finally, the extent to which the government should be accorded more
surveillance powers should be tied to great surveillance of its surveillance
programs. Several suggestions have been made to increase the accountability
of the NSA; drawing on a civilian security review board that is independent
of the government is the most important of these. Thus, two balances must
be maintained: the balance between rights and the common good, and the
balance between the need to act and the need to ensure that action is in
accordance with our liberal communitarian values.
