TYT: Feingold and Franken Go to Work On the Patriot Act

democracy1st

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Thu Sep-24-09 05:03 AM
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TYT: Feingold and Franken Go to Work On the Patriot Act

Edited on Thu Sep-24-09 05:05 AM by democracy1st

Run time: 06:39
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3gaecaMSOg

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Watch more at http://www.theyoungturks.com

http://feingold.senate.gov/

http://www.alfranken.com/

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dotymed

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Thu Sep-24-09 06:49 AM
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1. My math is terrible

but the DOJ guy said that the "sneak and peek"
provision was used 65% of the time in criminal, not terrorist
cases. But Cenk said that of 763 "sneak and peeks"
authorized. only 3 of them were for terrorist cases. That is
not 65% criminal case usage. Isn't that closer to 2%? Is that
right? In my mind it seems like less, like maybe .03%...idk. I
do know that the Orwellian named "USA patriot act"
is illegal and should be rescinded immediately.

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demwing

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Thu Sep-24-09 09:13 AM
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3. You've got a small mix up

Edited on Thu Sep-24-09 09:24 AM by demwing

Of 753, only 3 were terrorism cases, thats true, and 3 out of 753 is about 0.4%

The 65% number refers to a subset of the criminal cases. Of the criminal cases, 65% were drug related. Listen in 1:49 into the video.

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grahamhgreen

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Thu Sep-24-09 10:06 AM
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4. Really disturbing - Only .4 % of Patriot Act sneak and peak searches used for terrorism.

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midnight

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Thu Sep-24-09 07:56 AM
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2. I'm not a lawyer either Al Franken, but thank god Russ is.

This provision is under review to renew it? This partiot act is nothing more than a switch and bait provision for our Constitutional rights. How the lawyerys in this country slept while this went on makes it clear that you don't need a law degree to uphold the rights of the people, you just need to know the difference between right and wrong. And this partiot act is wrong.

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Krashkopf

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Sat Sep-26-09 10:38 PM
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5. This should be FRONT PAGE NEWS were is the MSM on this most important story?

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