Posted on 04/05/2005 6:28:38 PM PDT by tomball
WASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday asked lawmakers to expand the bureau’s ability to obtain records without first asking a judge, and he joined Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in seeking that every temporary provision of the anti-terrorism Patriot Act be renewed.
He also asked Congress to expand the FBI’s administrative subpoena powers, which allow the bureau to obtain records without approval or a judge or grand jury.
"For many years, the FBI has had administrative subpoena authority for investigations of crimes ranging from drug trafficking to health care fraud to child exploitation," he stated. "Yet, when it comes to terrorism investigations, the FBI has no such authority."
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Time for the Patriot Act to DIE.
If they don't see the need to secure our borders, then to hell with the Patriot Act. F'em.
so instead, lets put our faith in the judiciary - the most unaccountable and liberal branch of government. because that the choice here, people here who say "no patriot act" are simply willing to cede those same powers to the judiciary via court order. can we trust the courts? no way. I'll take my chances with the executive branch in the domestic war on terror.
This is Bullmalarkey!
See Britt Hume.. Gonzales was willing to bring it all to the table!
Whomever wrote this is a liar and a Huckster!
No.
No.
And no.
Yes, by all means ... lets give the forces in DC more power to inflict themselves on citizens on the one hand while they ignore enforcing laws on the other ... lets give the people that let Sandy Burglar off with a slap on the wrist and that let 10 million illegals aliens pollute our nation more power to harrass and impose themselves on ordinary citizens.
If you'll remember, it was the executive branch in Germany that went postal. Please don't think the executive branch is your savior. You're just one Hillary away from certain doom if you do.
Allowing law enforcement to creat it's own warrants, or do without them altogether is a terrible idea.
They might discover more of a threat to the political status quo from angry voters than from al queda.
BINGO! Give that guy a cigar. What the hell do you think this was really all about from the get-go? Hell yes, the government is terrified of you and I. To them we are the terrorists. Isn't it fricken obvious? Who are all these laws designed to be used against? Terrorists? LOL, no way IMO.
>> If they don't see the need to secure our borders, then to hell with the Patriot Act. F'em. <<
Right is right.
Judge N was on FOX tonight talking about this. He called it "sneak and peek" and the FBI will "write" their own warrants which get them into any residence for any reason and take whatever they need. The kicker is that the citizen who's privacy is breached may not tell anyone about what has happened--attorneys, newpeople, etc. because , as the law is written, it would make it a crime to do so. Provisions in this act most certainly need to go away.
I've always thought there would be a second revolution some day--but I never thought it would be in my lifetime. The way things are looking these days, I just might be still around to see it yet. IMHO, the combination of the tyranny of activist judges, coupled with the illegal immigration will be the catalysts .
Do not grand to the federal government today any power that you do not want Hillary to have tomorrow.
Agreed. Don't build a freeway that may carry your enemy's tanks, or make sure it's easily demolished.
Bull Puckey, guys.
Do either of you...in fact ANYBODY here on Free Republic...personally know any innocent American citizen who's had their civil rights impugned by the Patriot Act?
....."sound of crickets".
Libertarian kneejerk reaction. Sheesh.
The executive is made up of unaccountable, unelected bureaucrats illegally writing law. We don't need more of that BS.
A bureaucracy issuing decrees is one of the chief characteristics of a dictatorship.
Yes. All of us.
If they have the power, we lose our freedoms. Period, end of story.
they are not unelected - if the patriot act becomes too onerous, we can either petition our existing legislators and executives to changes it, or vote them out. if some judge somewhere is sympathetic to AQ, and refuses to sign a warrant, and some act of terror occurs as a result, what will happen to that judge? nothing. if the Schiavo case has taught us anything, it should show us the true nature of the judiciary in the US.
you will have to provide some specifics, that just won't cut it.
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