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Democratic Senators Issue Strong Warning About Use of the Patriot Act
NY Times ^
| March 16,2012
| Charlie Savage
Posted on 03/17/2012 6:10:25 PM PDT by QT3.14
For more than two years, a handful of Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee have warned that the government is secretly interpreting its surveillance powers under the Patriot Act in a way that would be alarming if the public or even others in Congress knew about it.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: 112th; congress; democrat; intelligence; markudall; patriotact; ronwyden; secrecy; security; surveillance; tm
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To: ALPAPilot
Do you mean more than the fact I have to send about 40 pages of my families detailed personal and financial information that I'm required to send to the IRS next month? ... And I am sure they asked if you have any guns in your house. And then asked if they were loaded. Next they are going to ask if we have any porn movies in the house.
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posted on
03/17/2012 7:18:53 PM PDT
by
ProudFossil
(" I never did give anyone hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." Harry Truman)
To: avenir
Not writing us off here, but we might start to look at ourselves before God as to why that man is where he is (much to our chagrin now).
Dittos and Amen
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posted on
03/17/2012 7:44:12 PM PDT
by
OneVike
((Just a Christian waiting to go home) internet ID:: impeachobamanow)
To: QT3.14
The Patriot Act was supposed to be used to catch evil terrorists which is why the left hated it. This will be used to destroy law abiding enemies of the left which is why the left (that automatically means 99 % of media) is silent.
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posted on
03/17/2012 7:54:11 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(New 0bama Folks Wagons will run on Higgs Bosons.)
To: ProudFossil
And I am sure they asked if you have any guns in your house. And then asked if they were loaded. Next they are going to ask if we have any porn movies in the house. I assume they know I have guns since they made me fill out the paperwork when I bought them. I assume if we don't have any porn and condoms we are now liable for a fine?
To: QT3.14
I don’t here them complain about personal privacy when it’s related to the IRS, which makes the patriot act pale by comparison.
To: ALPAPilot
... I assume if we don't have any porn and condoms we are now liable for a fine? Only if you paid for the condoms.
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posted on
03/17/2012 8:45:44 PM PDT
by
ProudFossil
(" I never did give anyone hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." Harry Truman)
To: ProudFossil
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posted on
03/17/2012 9:42:15 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: Jerrybob
The Patriot Act is really beside the point; the real issue here is the Thug-in-Chief who lives in the WH.I see the real problem is that too many people are fine with police state measures like the Patriot Act as long as they think 'their' thug will be Chief. They never consider what will happen when power inevitably shifts.
To: Tupelo
Pretty bad bets. Udall is up for re-election in 2014 and Wyden in 2016.
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posted on
03/17/2012 11:19:22 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: QT3.14
the last time Congressional Dems started poking their noses into the Patriot Act, anthrax started showing up in their mailboxes.
To: saganite
Interesting that two Dem Senators seem to be picking a fight with the Obama administration.When socialists reveal their true agenda, it is their supporters that recoil in horror at first. Then, those former supporters are sent to the gulags.
It happens in every socialist takeover throughout history.
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posted on
03/18/2012 6:42:57 AM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
To: shelterguy
They are only saying this because they know
a republican will be president shortly.
If Obama was going to be reelected you wouldn’t
hear a word out of them.
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posted on
03/18/2012 6:45:39 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: All
Even Hitler’s friends started turning on him.
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posted on
03/18/2012 6:52:46 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(I am ready to serve Jesus on Earth because the GOP failed again)
To: LucyT
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