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Good post. I suspect that the cradle-to-grave protect-us-at-any-cost class isn't going to care what the FBI, CIA, or anybody else does as long as we "feel" safer. That federal judge was right. Ashcroft is an idiot. parsy.

Finally, Rowley says suspicions in her Minnesota field office were magnified by Moussaoui's refusal to permit a search. But Moussaoui's assertion of a constitutional right cannot be used as a "signal (that) he had something to hide."

If the bad guys can use our laws to kill us, it is well past time to make some drastic changes. What I'm afarid we're seeing is the Dems once again are worried that someone might point a finger at the Clinton administration ( read bash ).Instead of doing everything possible to protect this nation the Dems will interject politics, and this is clearly no time for such nonsense.

The silly and in this case life threating rules and regulations that tied the hands of the agencies that should protect us should be known by every man, woman and child in the land, and never repeated. It needs to be discussed openly and honestly and the foolish authors of this thinking clearly identified.

I'll probably get flames galore for this, but, I feel strongly about the resrictive laws and unlimited powers given to LE. We don't need new laws. We should enforce the thousands of laws already on the books. So, here goes

In the Name Of Security

The patriot act sticks in my craw
because it’s really a Gestapo Law
now the FBI gets more powers
to spy on us for 24 hours

In the name of security

Let’s not forget history
of what happened in Germany
the majority went along
gathered together in throngs

In the name of security

Cameras here, cameras there
cameras everywhere
on the corners, in the mall
as our freedoms fall
attached to traffic lights
losing our privacy rights

In the name of security

Soon we’ll get ID cards
as they build more prison yards
they want us to watch the other guy
an entire nation to spy

In the name of security

Giving power to strangers,
to people we don’t know
presents future dangers
as their power continues to grow

In the name of security

Benjamin Franklin said it best
want to be like all the rest?
trade liberty for security
then, only those in power will be free

In the name of security

Some may think I’m paranoid
just making a lot of noise
don’t forget the FBI files
some of us are still riled

Justification has begun
we must keep terrorists on the run
in the name of security
you must give up your privacy

Give it up for security