It's for my safety...okay thats fine

Some news reports have suggested that the Bush administration used the USA Patriot Act to look at the e-mails of American citizens without a warrant. What’s your position if this was indeed the case? Should citizens be willing to give up their privacy? Does it bother you to know that your online communications are very potentially semi-private instead of private?

I believe that the government does things in order to help and protect the citizens of the United States. The government does not need a warrant to check what I am saying. They are not taking away my freedom of speech, they are just listening to what I am saying. I feel that the government is staying with in the boundaries of my civil rights even when they filter through my emails that are sent, and so I am okay with it.
I feel that when it comes to the safety of another American we should be willing to give up a small piece of privacy. If the government needs, for national security reasons, to filter emails, I am all for it. If looking through the public email record can help stop terrorist attacks and other major crimes then I believe that this "spying" is essential.
It does not bother me at all to know that my conversations are only semi-private. If I decide for whatever reason that I need to talk behind someone's back and I do this via email, the chances of that person knowing is still very slim. The government is not looking to expose drama between two people, they are looking for threats to the State. I do not send any form of communication that might be of use to the government. I feel that most of the people who were strongly against this act had something to hide.
People must also understand that with in a company the emails are monitored more closely than the government monitored. This was partially because of shear numbers I am sure. If I send my dad an email at his work or vice versa the subject line must have something to do with his job. Most emails I send to him, about any topic, have a subject of, "possible meeting" and start with, "Paul" not "Dad." His company blocks non-work related emails. I cannot use words like dad, love, and even dinner. Pictures are also blocked in his email service.
I feel that as long as the government tells us that our email is being watched it is fine. I am in support of the Patriot Act and believe that in some cases loosing a little privacy can be a good thing. A completely secure network that spans the globe seems like a dangerous idea to me.