When the government is allowed to surveil citizens, without probably cause as certified by a signed affidavit of standard and a Court order:
OF COURSE the info will be used for political purposes.
Only a fool could believe otherwise.
This is the essential basis of the “deep state”.
We must rid ourselves of the entirety of the Patriot Act to have any chance of being rid of the deep state, and the use of the enforcement organs of government for political gain.
There is no other way.
This is the essential basis of the “deep state”.
We must rid ourselves of the entirety of the Patriot Act to have any chance of being rid of the deep state, and the use of the enforcement organs of government for political gain.
There is no other way.
I don't know if we need to rip out the Patriot Act in its entirety, but you have correctly identified one of the major problems ... that's more than most people.