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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 05:54 PM
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Congress quietly prepares to renew Patriot Act
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) has introduced a little-noticed bill that intends to once again renew controversial provisions of the Bush administration's USA Patriot Act that are due to expire this year.

When the act was first signed into law, Congress put in some "sunset" provisions to quiet the concerns of civil libertarians, but they were ignored by successive extensions. Unfortunately, those concerns proved to be well founded, and a 2008 Justice Department report confirmed that the FBI regularly abused their ability to obtain personal records of Americans without a warrant.

The only real sign of strong opposition to the act was in 2005, when a Democratic threat to filibuster its first renewal was overcome by Senate Republicans.

Since the bill introduced by Rogers on Jan. 5 was virtually identical to the extension passed last year, its passage was seen as likely.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/congress-quietly-prepares-renew-patriot-act/
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 05:56 PM
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1. bah and rec for more to see
Edited on Thu Jan-13-11 05:56 PM by uppityperson
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 05:58 PM
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2. k&r nt
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 05:59 PM
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3. Anybody who accepts "we'll fix it later" or "it is temporary" ever again then they have the brains
of a dry sponge.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 05:59 PM
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4. We need the Patriot Act
America is under attack from terrorists and they must stopped. Radical teabaggers, Klansmen, birthers, Palinites and paramilitary thugs.

Just make sure to sunset it for January 20, 2013.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 06:12 PM
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7. How is snooping at our libraries going to stop these reactionaries?
They're the ones who wanted this legislation in the first place!
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katnapped Donating Member (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 06:24 PM
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10. Nope...sorry!
America is REALLY under attack by radical bomb-throwing liberals, leftists, people wanting ponies, and other crackpots that need to be stopped! (and by gosh they will be!!!!) :sarcasm:
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 06:00 PM
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5. REAL quiet, aren't they?
Well, I'm sure that as good supporters of our president, liberals and progressives have to endorse this extension.
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Lorien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 06:07 PM
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6. So much for "less government, more privacy and freedom" lovin' repugs
nothing could be further from the truth. They want to control every aspect of our lives-except where guns are concerned. That will always be a hands off free for all.
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X_Digger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 06:14 PM
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8. Gah. :( n/t
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 06:21 PM
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9. k/r
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 06:27 PM
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11. K&R-Sadly, the Democratic administration seems to love the
"Patriot Act"...and I have little doubt they will extend it with little fanfare.

Transparancy?
No.

mark
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 07:15 PM
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12. Change?
Guess not. Welcome to our modern, bipartisan police state.
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spin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-11 07:18 PM
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13. Boith parties distrust citizens and love corporations.
The United States of the Corporations.
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