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As did Congress.
Yes, I know, there is probably some good reason why. Just like there is some good reason for the TSA. And some good reason for a lot of things to "protect us,"
Did you ever stop and think they might not be telling us everything. It's a concern, I reckon. Would you really want to know if they had stopped a terrorist from poisoning an entire town? I think we live in a world of the tail wagging the dog. We only see things when something like that underwear bomber happens. Something that can't be explained away. I mean, would you really want to know how many sleeper cells were here right now, ready to blow some stuff up? I think many would be happier to believe it's not possible in the U.S.A.
I know the Patriot Act is for tracking people who might be terrorists. I want to believe that would be its sole use. I'm not naive enough to think that is really the case. It's a bad law. It runs contrary to what America stands for. I can't rail at Bush for "torture" and not rail at Obama & Congress for this. This is a bad law.
Damn it, Obama. Explain yourself. No comment from the White House on this one. Too hot a potato.
"We cannot afford to leave our intelligence officials without the tools they need to keep America safe," said Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
But civil liberties advocates said the provisions lack proper privacy safeguards. Foreshadowing the coming debate, Republicans said they want to make the law permanent, while liberties groups will press for continued expiration dates to ensure congressional oversight.
The three expiring provisions authorize federal officials to use so-called roving wiretaps to keep track of unidentified suspects as they move from place to place and device to device; to obtain library records and other personal information; and to follow foreigners who have no known terrorism connections. All such surveillance activities require court orders.
The Justice Department called the provisions "essential" and urged Congress not to let them expire, as would have happened at the end of the month had Congress not acted.
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