Anyone know what that was?
"At a Cato Institute event Tuesday afternoon, Barr had taken a far more critical approach: "The philosophy underlying the legislation remains problematic.... There are a number of troubling provisions in this latest draft."
OK..so you take out 'the most egregious violations of Americans' civil liberties' and do nothing about the other stuff and that changes the 'philosophy of legislation?
"The worries expressed by some groups that are members of the new In Defense of Freedom coalition include: the ease with which police could eavesdrop on the Internet, expanded information-sharing between police, the CIA and similar agencies, and potentially intrusive surveillance of users by their Internet providers."
This makes me ask myself: Why have I sat for hours reading, emailing, calling, sending letters and protesting to stop this?
Now, you know that our congresscritters could not open their mail (anthrax), look at their email (the building was closed) or get any negative feedback from the people.
This was the perfect opportunity to destroy the freedoms of the citizens while claiming that they never heard any objection.