[Always Right]

Inasmuch as congress didn't even read the bill before voting on it...

Are you implying congress ever actually reads a bill before they vote on it?

[MissAmericanPie]

Yes, congress does not read alot of very important bills before they pass them, it is becoming ever more common. I wish I could remember the name of the thread here on FR that posted the Patriot Act and made that statment.

The article said that the worst most invasive parts of the PA do not sunset in five years but continue.

This Patriot Act places everyone in the same catagory as the terrorists, and now it is up to the individual to prove his innocence rather than the law having to prove his guilt.

You have to prove the $10.000.00 you took from your bank was really to pay your interior decorator, etc. The same as drug laws that say if you are stopped on a traffic violation and you have more than $750.00 in your pocket the police can and should confiscate it. Then after expensive lawyer fee's you may get a portion of it back, you may not.