[StriperSniper]

I guess "some" people are way to subtle with sarcasm.

On a serious note, both the executive and legislative branches pulled a fast one on the citizenry with the Patriot Act. The fact that a 500+ page law could materialize overnight and then those voting for it could not even read the final version beforehand is a travesty.

[mrsmith]

There were some copies of the final bill from the Senate provided to the House before hand ( that's another thing "some" people should know).

I agree that the final version should have had more debate. Even though it was mostly the same bill as they had been debating for years.

They also should have divided it up into separate terrorism, FISA, and money laundering bills instead of lumping them all together IMO.

But none of that directly addresses the actual merits or demerits of the Act, which are pretty well known after two years.