sinkspur wrote:
What oppression, specifically and by example, has any of your countrymen experienced under the Patriot Act?
The inspector general said that from Dec. 16 through June 15, his office received 1,073 complaints "suggesting a Patriot Act-related" abuse of civil rights or civil liberties. The report suggested that hundreds of the accusations were easily dismissed as not credible or impossible to prove. But of the remainder, 272 were determined to fall within the inspector general's jurisdiction, with 34 raising "credible Patriot Act violations on their face."
Report on USA Patriot Act Alleges Civil Rights Violations
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