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We have not been attacked on these shores by the Islamo-A*holes for a REASON.

It's not like they were a regular occurrence prior to then. We went eight years (1993-2001) without a terrorist attack on these shores. Add to that the fact that after 9/11, intelligence agencies became much more vigilant just by virtue of the heightened sense of emergency. Our security organs were drawing connections and making arrests within weeks of the attack, before the Patriot Act was passed. So to conclude that the Patriot Act was responsible for this, just on the basis of the fact that it coincides with a four-year lack of terrorist attacks, is making a leap.

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Correction to previous post: that should be, eight years without an Islamic terrorist attack. I haven't forgotten about the OKC business.