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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKey parts of the Patriot Act expire soon -
Key parts of the Patriot Act expire soon -- so we have a new opportunity to push back against ongoing, illegal, mass surveillance of Americans.
The government has used the Patriot Act to claim enormous new powers to spy on all of us -- and has lied about it with impunity.
It's gone too far, but this spring, key provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire including one that the NSA claims lets it collect private data about all of our phone calls.
It's illegal and ineffective, and it must STOP.
This spying is so offensive that the original sponsor of the Patriot Act, Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, is urging colleagues to sign a letter asserting that they will vote against reauthorization if the law is not amended to ban mass surveillance.
More signatures on the letter mean more power for us and our allies as the Patriot Act approaches its sunset.
We've come close to reining in the NSA several times -- with your help, we can win this one.
-Demand Progress
Sign here:
http://www.demandanexpirationdate.com/?code=demandprogress
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Key parts of the Patriot Act expire soon - (Original Post)
Panich52
Feb 2015
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Some here will tell you not to both the President with it, just wait and see.
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
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yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)1. If the President
were to remove the Patriot act, that would be outstanding. Whether he can or not..is another matter. I would personally like to see that piece of crap gone and our rights restored.. but here we are with a majority Republican House and Senate... those jerks will probably make it worse!
arcane1
(38,613 posts)2. The Patriot Act AND DHS need to go!
Though I don't expect either to happen in an environment where politicians can get away with say "my opponent supports terrorists"
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)3. Some here will tell you not to both the President with it, just wait and see.
Whatever he decides is just fine. Now candidate Obama promised to roll back the Patriot Act. President Obama seems to have another take on it.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)4. K&R