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The Continuing Hunt for PATRIOT Act Abuses

Posted by Hemos on from the flame-war-on dept.

Throtex writes "Orin Kerr, Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University writes at The Volokh Conspiracy that the Department of Justice is having trouble finding abuses of the USA PATRIOT Act. This follows from the fact that what the media originally aired as abuses were merely allegations of abuse at the time. Could it be that there has just been a lot of fuss over nothing?"

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  1. Re:WHAT?!? "Fuss"?!? by kmak · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Ben Franklin

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    I'm not the devil.. just his advocate.
  2. Re:One place to look by grammar+fascist · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Your sig:

    I want peace on earth and good will toward men.

    We are the United States Government. We don't do that sort of thing.

    So...not that you're inherently biased or anything, right?

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    I got my Linux laptop at System76.