What is wrong with the Patriot Act?
I for one *like* freeing our CIA to talk to our FBI, as well as forcing banks to finally encrypt and restrict their customer data from their old policies of full corporate access.
What part of the Patriot Act was that in? I thought that's what we needed the "Information Czar" for?
On the whole I like the idea of the Patriot Act but just like every law passed today it's so general and tries to please so many that its intent gets watered down. Further, with so large a scope the potential for abuse is very great.
I wouldn't be so distrustful of the Patriot Act if it was accompanied by a corresponding tightening of our sieve-like borders.
I'm afraid the lax border and container ship security will allow an attack on the US, and those in charge, rather than tightening the borders, will implement more coercive anti-freedom legislation. For our own safety, of course(sarcasm).