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The Bush administration's two top law enforcement officials on Tuesday urged Congress to renew every provision of the anti-terror Patriot Act.
Washington Post story
Washington Post story
What terrorists have they caught and what attacks have been thwarted by use of this act?
Dear Senator Pinko
I'm a pro-gun conservative that usually votes republican but I'm opposed to this heinous bill. You Democrats need to make sure those provisions expire. After all, it's only fair. We let clinton's gun ban expire, so you should get to see worst of the patriot act expire. Seriously, I'm still not going to vote for you because you want to take away all my guns, but at least I'd respect you a bit more.
love,
red America
P.S. be glad you didn't have to wait 10 years for it to expire
Lovely..."Security for Liberty! Now with even less oversight!"He [Mueller] also asked Congress to expand the FBI's administrative subpoena powers, which allow the bureau to obtain records without approval or a judge or grand jury.
Hrmm...weren't we assured that USA PATRIOT would only be used for terrorism-related investigations?Gonzales later noted that the sneak and peak rule had enabled federal officials to track over the Internet a woman who ultimately confessed to strangling an 8-months-pregnant woman and cutting the fetus from her womb.
What he didn't mention is that these "national security investigations" are conducted without a warrant; rather, they require only a "National Security Letter," a letter drafted by an FBI agent (or other relevant investigator) stating that "yeah, this is about terrorism," and suddenly, the Constitution doesn't apply. Oh, and challenging it in court? Yeah, sure--if you know about it. Remember, this is the same Department of "Justice" that has seen fit to censor quotations from Supreme Court opinions. As if to make it even more frightening, here's the quote:He [Gonzales] said he would support clarifying the law to make clear that the request only pertains to national security investigations and the recipient of a court order may consult with an attorney and challenge the order in court.
The law needs to die. Not on 2006 when it sunsets, right bloody now."The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect 'domestic security.' Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent."