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Patriot Act Author Introduces Bill To Limit Use of Patriot Act
wjcofkc writes "In an ironic but welcome twist, the author of the Patriot Act, Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), is introducing the USA FREEDOM Act, a bill specifically aimed at countering the portions of the Patriot Act that were interpreted to let the NSA collect telephone metadata in bulk. The congressman has been a vocal opponent of the NSA's interpretation and misuse of the Patriot Act since Edward Snowden first leaked evidence of the program in June. On Wednesday, he wrote (PDF) to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder that the 'collection of a wide array of data on innocent Americans has led to serious questions about how government will use — or misuse — such information.'"
When in reality, they shouldn't have acted much at all.
Well, now I'm curious. What would your policy prescription be after 9/11 and the anthrax attacks? Do nothing?
Are you one of the "Americans should die bravely in shopping malls for our freedom because doing anything is tyranny" camp?
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell