To use against US, of course.
Posted on 11/20/2019 1:12:58 PM PST by OddLane
It may seem to many Americans that Washington is entirely consumed by the impeachment inquiry, and that no other important business is getting done on Capitol Hill. But on Tuesday, in a break from televised hearings, the House of Representatives voted to fund the government through December 20. If passed by the Senate, the continuing resolution would prevent a government shutdown and forestall a debate about border-wall funding. Most Popular
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That’s all well and good, except that Democratic leaders had slipped something else into the bill: a three-month extension of the Patriot Act, the post-9/11 law that gave the federal government sweeping surveillance and search powers and circumvented traditional law-enforcement rules. Key provisions of the Patriot Act were set to expire on December 15, including Section 215, the legal underpinning of the call detail records program exposed in the very first Edward Snowden leak...
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It sure as heck ain’t because they are patriots.
They use it to go after their political rivals & keep people in line.
It is what Fascists do!
Are we sure that the Patriot Act is in fact patriotic?
Why would The New Republic care - aren’t they the types who LIKE government overreach?
I guess...because the Patriot Act is very, very good at eroding civil liberties?
Renew it now in a "must pass" continuing resolution spending bill is the typically swampy way to do things.
“Are we sure that the Patriot Act is in fact patriotic?”
One of the biggest misnomers ever.
“There is no truth in Izvestiya and there is no information in Pravda.”
To find patriotism, don’t look in the “Patriot” Act.
I have opposed since it was first proposed.
I suggested then and still believe that securing the borders is a far better Idea.
So there never was a consensus.
BTTT.
Theodore and Woodrow: How Two American Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedom
To use against US, of course.
Kcuf That.
PA and PA II need to go....
Everybody who has ever supported it in words or by vote should be beaten, disenfranchised, and deported, after having “I LOVE BIG BROTHER” tattooed on their forehead.
You nailed it.
Um... dems are big government loons. There’s no invasion of personal privacy they believe is off limits. They are the enemy of every real American alive today and all those who fought and/or died protecting or gaining our rights.
The Patriot Act may be an effective tool but it comes at too steep a price.
Seriously, it’s a 3-month “running in place” bill, so it makes sense they included a 3-month extension to something expiring in December, because they don’t want to have that as a separate debate.
I actualy strongly avree woth the squad on this. Now, I will go tale a shower.
Imagine my duhhh moment when realizing that ‘Kcuf’ wasn’t an acronym .. LOL !
Stupid phone.
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