[xusafflyer]

"The financial provisions of the Act have already been used against U.S. citizens in violation of due process"

Almost every law in the books has been used by unscrupulous lawyer, cop, judge in a way the writer's never intended.

You are criticizing that Prosecutor in Florida, not the law itself.

[agitator]

The commerce clause was originally intended to prohibit states from imposing tariffs on imports from other states. Nowadays, your brain is in interstate commerce because you thought about another state. Prosecutors nationwide are salivating over the prospect of getting around the annoying requirement of probable cause by simply claiming that any suspected criminal misuse or acquisition of currency constitutes a national security issue. FoxNews recently reported:

"The administration presented the Patriot Act to the Congress two years ago as a carefully tailored and limited piece of legislation specific to targeting terrorism. And now they're using it for purposes that are obviously and completely unrelated to terrorism," Barr told Foxnews.com.

According to an FBI official in Las Vegas, investigators used a provision in the Patriot Act that allows investigators easy access to the financial records of persons suspected of terrorism or money laundering. "

Due process anyone?