[KDD]

With a declaration of War the President may invoke the War Powers Act that gives him extra-constitutional powers in times of war. The powers can only be in effect untill cessation of the war and then the powers are revoked.

The Patriot Act, however, is codified into law and parts of it will be with us long after the Taliban are a footnote in history books. This Act is an open ended attack on the Constitution.

"Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order."
John V. Lindsay

"A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves."
Bertrand de Jouvenel

"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion."
Edmund Burke

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Edmund Burke

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
Albert Einstein

"The illusion of freedom (in America) will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."
Frank Zappa

[Gumption]

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
Albert Einstein

I like this. You know, that guy is pretty smart.

[HISSKGB]

You are contending that the US has no right to investigate terrorists. This limp wristed leftist thinking is what caused our problems in the first place.