[MJY1288]

"Do you think Bush will be in office the rest of your natural born life?"

No, but he will be in office when this bill sunsets and if he insists on keeping it law I will condemn him then, or I could be like you and condemn him now. We had far more restrictions during WWII and all of them were sunset laws and they all were null and void after the war.

[billbears]

Ah but yes there was a definite end to THAT war. Defeat of the Germans and Japanese. Who's going to say when all the terrorists are gone? These people are all throughout the world in cells that take years and years to find. The Israelis have been fighting terrorism in Lebanon for decades. My question is what's the finish line? People keep comparing this to the Barbary Pirates. That was just one group, this is hundreds of groups. Right now alone, there are 25 groups that have been listed. It's taken us two months to destroy the Taliban and we still haven't rooted out Al Qaeda. And the Taliban for all intents and purposes was out in the open for the most part. Now no one knew when WWII would end, but most models had it over by 1950. 9 long years but with a finish line. This could take over a decade!! Bush gone, new POTUS, war still goes on

[another1]

No, but he will be in office when this bill sunsets

Only portions of the "Patriot Act" have sunset provisions, not the entire law.

[WhiteGuy]

We had far more restrictions during WWII and all of them were sunset laws and they all were null and void after the war.

good point...

we also didn't have a bush in the white house then...