One of the other "surprises" in the "Patriot Act" is that the ATF can now apparently confiscate a .50 caliber rifle, without due process
Many Freepers aren't as interested in the "Free" part since their team is in.
Given the way it's evolving/devolving, pretty soon they'll interpret this insane law to define people posting controversial opinions on forums like this as a threat giving them license to rifle through our computers and effects without notice.
Anyone remeber when "grassontop" posted that he thought Klintoon should be tried and shot by the military for treason?
That triggered a visit by the SS, complete with interviews and a photo session. I guess he's filed somewhere as a "terrorist".
That's probably because you've made sweeping claims and generalizations without bothering to cite the actual provisions that you believe are cleaerly unconstitutional. And your examples of abuse are next to worthless inasmuch as they allude to second or third-hand accounts of alleged arrests to which the word "terror" has been vaguely applied by nameless and faceless somebodies.
Your post isn't a report. It is a rumor.
The USA PATRIOT Act may well have serious flaws. Do your homework and try again.