EFF's Cindy Cohn Talks About Patriot Act II

digidave writes "Techfocus.org has an interview with EFF's Legal Director Cindy Cohn, where she talks about the Domestic Security Enhancement Act, or 'Patriot Act II'. She talks about what the act is, how it might infringe on your freedoms, where it does right and how ordinary people can make a difference."

Comments

Patriot this, patriot that

[Anonymous Coward]

And if you don't comply with the Patriot Act, we'll intercept your communication with a Patriot Missile!

Re:Patriot this, patriot that

[ziriyab]

Don't forget, we can force feed you patriot fries, then patriot kiss your mom and use a patriot tickler on your dad.

I still can't figure out

[cxreg]

What Natalie from The Facts of Life has to do with Patriot II

hmmmmm?

[Oldskooldave]

is it gonna be a 3 part trilogy? or are they going to start doing prequals just to make a bit more money?

The phone monkies revenge!

[EvilStein]

"If I anger a tech support person at my ISP, that employee can maliciously turn over my personal information to the government and I could very well end up being prevented from getting on an airplane or, worse yet, improperly arrested"

HAH! That will teach people from abusing us poor tech support slaves. Finally. This could put an end to all of the people that call us and scream bloody murder & death threats about us because we explain that printer problems are outside of the ISP's scope of support.

Be nice to us - we could send Motherfuckin' Guido after you! :P

Re:America.

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a spelling error. Aparently, it's supposed to be:

Land of The Fee.

Look at Patriot Act I

[ShamusYoung]

When talking about Patriot Act II, it helps to see what the first one gave us:

The Patriot Act. (Satire)

Why does the flag story icon only have 12 stripes?

[Jered]

The American flag has 13 stripes, one for each of the original colonies. What conspiracy has led Slashdot to have a 12-striped flag as a story icon?