But we have seen Jose Padilla. Even though he probably is a dangerous terrorist, he is a U.S. citizen and it was wrong to hold him for two years until letting him finally see an attorney recently, and still no charges.
And, the scary part, in this day and age, we just DON'T KNOW what the government is doing to analyze us and our behaviors, the volumes of data they are collecting on us using those massive computers they have.
And the scariest part of all, is to make this law permanent -- can you imagine how it would be in the hands of somebody like Hillary (800 FBI files, WH travel office and Craig Livingstone) and Janet Reno (Waco, Elian, etc.).
In fact, we don't know what Dubya will do with it after he doesn't have to run for reelection ??
Who would've ever thought he would sign CFR ??
We don't need no stinkin' Patriot Act - this country got along fine without it for more than 200 years. In my view, the Constitution gives our government all the tools it needs to fight terrorism, at home and abroad.
I'll accept that.The Patriot Act came into being because the Peepul, with whipping from the Dems and the Media, demanded to be "safe" and so it goes...
Your fears about Hillary! are well founded and something I considered when the Act was proposed. .CFR was a political calculation gone wrong,nothing more, nothing less.