"I thank'em. The so-called "Patriot Act" is an incredibly dangerous piece of work, and NO PART of it should EVER be made permanent US law. ALL PARTS should ONLY be renewable on a time-limited basis, preferably by a requirement for a two-thirds majority."
Why? What, specifically is that you are so opposed to and how does that opposition compare to what was legal before the Patriot Act.
How do you plan on (1)identifying, (2)tracking, (3)investigating terrorism in the abscence of some of the provisions of the Patriot Act?, provisions without which we would not have succeeded in some terrorism investigations in the past four years; we would be as blind as we were on 9/11.
Where do you live? Maybe we can be sure that Al Queda knows how well proctected you think you will be without some of the Patriot Act provisions.
The same way we did it all the years of the Cold War, with an enemy just as insidious. There is NO NEED for the "Patriot Act"--just the removal of the LIMITATIONS on intelligence activities passed after Vietnam by the anti-war Democrats, and especially those imposed by the administration of Billy Jeff the traitor.
"Where do you live? Maybe we can be sure that Al Queda knows how well proctected you think you will be without some of the Patriot Act provisions."
I live across Puget Sound from Tacoma--feel free to notify any Al Quaeda members you know.