Discussion for article #230363
Nothing seems to matter in this case. Whether its internal dissent or public opinion, it seems like once we let them have this power it is impossible to take it away.
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I don’t believe WE let them have this power.
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Congress missed out on a chance today to do something. Getting rid of the Patriot Act would be a very good first step.
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Trevor Timm has a good column on the subject today.
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A damned Frankenstein’s Monster that even one of its creators, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, has disowned, and there’s just no killing the thing. Snowden wasn’t the first and won’t be the last whistle blower. The domestic program(s) will continue to return next to nothing on the dollar (I’d bet good money that the one financing case they credit it with initiated from more conventional sources, with just enough boost from the 215 to lend some credit). It destroys the 4th Amendment. Still, nothing kills it. This is exactly what Eisenhower warned against.
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Okay, they took it. They don’t seem to be in a hurry to give it back.
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