Posted on 05/24/2015 4:22:35 PM PDT by cotton1706
These provisions need to die next Sunday at midnight!!
Jeb Bush rises in defense of Patriot Act
Likely Republican presidential contenders Jeb Bush and Chris Christie on Friday heartily endorsed the Patriot Act and the permission it gives the government to collect phone records in bulk, mocking those who deride the intelligence overhaul passed after the Sept. 11 attacks as an encroachment on civil liberties.
“There is ample evidence that the Patriot Act has been a tool to keep us safe, ample evidence,” Bush said at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. “There is no evidence of anyone’s civil liberties being violated because of it.”
I know they are not one bit serious about security as long as they keep importing Muslims.
I wonder how many supposed conservatives in the US Senate will vote to keep them. They certainly have plenty of time to get the message.
How odd. Just yesterday a supposedly NSA affiliated freeper was railing me about how important it is for the NSA to spy on us.
I LOVE your parenthetical.
Patriot Act is for nothing more than spying on Americans. NOTHING more. Let it die.
“I LOVE your parenthetical.”
I know the Establishment monitors Free Republic. It was a message from the people to them!
Have you seen the video of McConnell getting completely shut down? It’s a beautiful thing. Mitch will have to either allow amendments, swallow the USA Freedom Act, or let the damn provisions expire. I’m sure he’ll be lobbying all week. He loves these cliff scenarios, backing senators up against a wall. But he’s up against a wall this time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tMttmDdhgc
Go back 9 or 10 years and see how many supposed conservatives here on FR supported it, and violently denigrated any of us opposed; not forgetting or forgiving those A-holesof left or right that supported it.
FReepers want spying but do not want fencing.
How many definitions of the word "conservative" can there be?
Patriot Act = Totalitarian Act
“Go back 9 or 10 years and see how many supposed conservatives here on FR supported it, and violently denigrated any of us opposed; not forgetting or forgiving those A-holesof left or right that supported it.”
I was just a lurker then but I remember it well.
That was when GWB was a hero here as was Karl Rove.
Let it die.
Of course this is from the same FBI that believes the Ft Hood massacre was just workplace violence. How can any terrorist attack qualify as a major terrorist attack when no terrorist attack is actually attributed to terrorism these days?
Can they point to any instances of private information being used in any manner, besides screening for national security threats?
KY Mitch will always believe in the Democrat way but insists on wearing an “R” label for some strange reason.
That’s because the program wasn’t pervasive enough!
No major cases but I am sure the political blackmail has been extensive.
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