>> Like I said: shove the “paranoia” bilge.
I heard you, but the point stands. Paranoia abounds. As do, apparently, delusions of grandeur. The Obama Administration is no more tracking you than Dick Cheney was tracking DUers.
This is a criminal justice and counterterrorist law that has helped us avert terrorist activity and out several terrorist cells on American soil. Had it been in place, and competently used, it could’ve averted 9/11.
We are at war. We cannot hamstring our those sworn to defend this nation, and expect to win ... and our very freedom and sovereignty depends on victory.
I will object to any Obama Administration action, including perversion of the Patriot Act, that I find objectionable. I do not, however, object to the law itself. Victory over islamic fascism is essential to the preservation of the Republic.
SnakeDoc
“I heard you, but the point stands. Paranoia abounds. As do, apparently, delusions of grandeur. The Obama Administration is no more tracking you than Dick Cheney was tracking DUers.”
It’s not about me or you personally, it’s about the increase in data tracked on everyone.
“This is a criminal justice and counterterrorist law that has helped us avert terrorist activity and out several terrorist cells on American soil. Had it been in place, and competently used, it could’ve averted 9/11.”
It was sold as a counterterrorism law, not expanded general police powers.
“We are at war. We cannot hamstring our those sworn to defend this nation, and expect to win ... and our very freedom and sovereignty depends on victory.”
Yes, we are at war, but it’s one the government has no interest in winning. The greatest threat to our liberty is and always has been the tyrant next door, not the enemy far away.
“Victory over islamic fascism is essential to the preservation of the Republic.”
Our government doesn’t see Islam as a threat and the Republic is long dead.
You win a war by KILLING THE ENEMY, not by watching your own citizens.