Patriot Act
Almost forgot about the Patriot Act, didn’t ya? Parts of it are set to expire (don’t bet on that…) and now some Republican dipstick has determined that the most freedom-snuffing set of laws in our history didn’t go FAR ENOUGH:
But the measure being written by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., would give the FBI new power to issue administrative subpoenas, which are not reviewed by a judge or grand jury, for quickly obtaining records, electronic data or other evidence in terrorism investigations, according to aides for the GOP majority on the committee who briefed reporters yesterday.
Read more here.
And if the notion of the FBI reading your mail and watching what you do on the Internet strikes you as a bit, um, FASCIST and UNAMERICAN, then check out TOR. Remember, what you do in the privacy of your own home, as long as it harms no one else, is no one else’s business.
Or as a bumper sticker I saw the other day said: Don’t waive your rights when you wave the flag.
