[Shalom Israel]

Name one threat to our liberty in the Patriot Act.

Weakening the fourth amendment is an attack on my liberty, even if, for the next 50 years, it is only ever used against actual guilty terrorists. Our freedom is compromised in the name of safety.

[prion]

Weakening the fourth amendment is an attack on my liberty, even if, for the next 50 years, it is only ever used against actual guilty terrorists. Our freedom is compromised in the name of safety.

The Patriot Act doesn't give the government any power contra terrorists that it hasn't always had versus, say, mafia dons. If you consider a court-ordered wiretap an intolerable intrusion on your rights, you need to take your anger several decades before the Patriot Act.