Bush : We Have To Pass The Patriot Act So That You Can Find Out 15 Years Later That You Threw Your Rights Away

A bipartisan group of 26 senators, led by Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) asked Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to detail the scope and limits of the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities in a letter released Friday.

The NSA’s surveillance program has come under intense scrutiny following a leak revealing the agency harvested the phone metadata of millions of American citizens.

The senators noted that the federal government’s authority under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act is broad and rife with potential for abuse. Among the senators’ concerns was whether the NSA’s bulk data harvesting program could be used to construct a gun registry or violate other privacy laws.

Potential to construct gun database, senators say | Washington Free Beacon

 

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14 Responses to Bush : We Have To Pass The Patriot Act So That You Can Find Out 15 Years Later That You Threw Your Rights Away

  1. Raindog says:

    When this was up for vote, the only republican I saw complaining about it was Ron Paul. Same with PATRIOT 2, Military Commissions and now the NDAA

  2. tckev says:

    Bush like Obama fail, but IMO Reagan said it best –

    “It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work — work with us, not over us; stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it. This Administration’s objective will be a healthy, vigorous, growing economy. ”

  3. I appreciate the anger and I share it, but I’m curious about something. Exactly who was unaware, prior to the Snowden affair, that their rights had been trampled on by the first PATRIOT Act? How is that fact news?

    Speaking for myself, the moment I understood that the bill was drafted long before 9/11, and pulled out of storage within 48 hours of 9/11 to be introduced on the floor of Congress, it was very obvious without even reading it that the bill contained some things that would be very unpopular and anti-liberty.

    RTF

    • It took a hard-headed realist to see it, and you must know by now (Obama was RE-elected, for crying out loud) how rare we are. What should be emphasized, in my opinion, is just how many (including our congressional representatives) STILL are unaware, consciously.

  4. Robertv says:

    Not 1984 but 2018

    Trunews June 26, 2013 – Godfrey Bloom
    http://youtu.be/JMRfXLGLQnw

    2018
    http://www.raidersnewsupdate.com/nwocur3.jpg

    European Parliament adopts banking reform package intended to apply as per 1 January 2018.
    http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9d667e18-debb-11e2-b990-00144feab7de.html#axzz2XYQBJ4dA

  5. Robertv says:

    The monster can only fly with two wings.

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