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Deconstructing the Patriot Act PR Campaign
Aaron writes "The Center for Democracy and Technology offers up an interesting point for point rebuttal to the the claims made via the 'rah-rah-esque' DOJ's website, part of the PR campaign (including Ashcroft speaking tours) to convince the public the Act is good for them. I think this Broadband Reports article also brings up a good point: among the groups attacking the Act, why do so few of them bring up Echelon? It already gives the government much of the surveillance ability they claim they're lacking, and without congressional oversight. The UN this year even launched an investigation into the use of the system to spy on UN diplomats without much fanfare."
In the scheme of things, two buildings and 3000 people are not worth losing freedom over. In fact, when you compare us to the rest of the world you might say "welcome to the club." Bushkins over reacted and our congress critters went along. We have not secured out borders AT ALL. In fact illegal immigration is as strong as it ever was. We have done nothing but destroy the civil rights of those not (yet) terrorists. Just imagine if Bushkins would have been President during the bombing or Pearl Harbor. We would have all been put in internment camps - for our own protection!