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Patriot Act...Why is it still around??


               
2011 Feb 8, 3:02pm   5,396 views  26 comments

by American in Japan   follow (1)  

I feel this has gone on too long. Why do Congress and Obama keep it in place? Who is against it and who supports it besides Neocons?

http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/house-rejects-extensions-of-patriot-act-provisions-in-u-s

http://www.eff.org/pages/patterns-misconduct-fbi-intelligence-violations

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
--Benjamin Franklin

#politics

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1   Â¥   @   2011 Feb 8, 3:32pm  

PATRIOT ACT has a shitty name but the provisions in it aren't that big a deal.

What exactly do you object about it?

2   fdhfoiehfeoi   @   2011 Feb 9, 3:41am  

How about that it's called the Patriot Act(reference to fighters in The Revolution), when it has more in common with the policies of the British Empire at the time.

How about that it gives away half the Bill of Rights in the name of fighting "terror"(a state of mind, not a person or country that can actually EVER be defeated).

How about that it promotes endless expansion and intrusion of Federal government into the sovereign States of this union, and the private lives of citizens who just want to be left alone.

... Or did you mean besides stuff like that?

3   Â¥   @   2011 Feb 9, 3:59am  

I'll note you failed to actually list a single part of the bill you think is bad.

All your above is just unfounded and vague assertions, ie bullshit.

Facts man, bring the facts. What exactly is wrong with its measures? From what I've seen they're entirely common-sensical.

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