Really? I find that strange, "Henry," since I pore over the news during nearly every waking hour and cannot recall one instance of this happening to an innocent victim. If I'm wrong about this, please educate me. Contrary to the way you post to me, I *do* have an open mind and have been persuaded to change my point of view when *facts* and not *emotions* have been presented.
The government promised us that a social security number would not to be used for identification. Did they keep this promise? If not, why do you believe the same tripe they are trotting out surrounding the Patriot Act?
I agree with you (see?) wholeheartedly on that one. What keeps me clinging to the notion that perhaps the same will not happen with the Patriot Act is that we are currently under a Republican administration. We became slaves to government during each and every one of the dim-witted democratic administrations - More Government, Big Government. And, we have just come off of 8 years of lies and deceit.
I am trying to have faith that the current administration is more forthright. Laugh at that if you will, but that's where I'm at right now.