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"I have supported Patriot with the proviso that it be limited to the war"

By the DoJ's own admission, PATRIOT is regularly used in money laundering cases, fraud cases, kidnapping cases, and many other crimes that have absolutely nothing to do with the war. My support for PATRIOT ended when I found out what it allowed and what it's being used for. 365 communities and counties, several major cities, and four states would seem to agree with me - each having passed resolutions either condemning parts/all of PATRIOT, or outright refusing to allow local/state government employees to make use of or help others make use of PATRIOT provisions.

150 posted on 01/05/2005 4:50:56 PM PST by NJ_gent (Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.)

The Patriot Act allows investigators to use the tools that were ALREADY available to investigate organized crime and drug trafficking.

Why does anyone except the Left and Bush bashers have a problem with that?

As for the communities which have passed anti Patriot condemning Patriot...there is stupid enough to go around.

I'm sure they are located in heavily BLUE areas and thus I have no use for their "concern" one way or the other.