[LanPB01]

I think the Patriot Act has received a bum rap from sources that really don't know what the act actually says. However, I haven't read all of it, so maybe I'm missing something.

[Dan from Michigan]

I posted a ton of stuff on this when it was released, using the act itself as a source.

Offhand, my biggest problems is the Affirmative Defense provisions on assett forfeitures. That in short means guilty till proven innocent. The other is secret searches(which I have problems with anyway) that can be authorized by ANY judge, not just in the district. That's an easy opening for abuses of power.

Two names offhand. Dan Harmon. Bill Klinton.