Do we still need the Patriot Act?

[kentuck]

Did we ever need it in the first place?

Wasn't it more of a political "act" than anything else?

Is it not possible to protect our nation without the Patriot Act?

Aren't most politicians fearful of being called weak on defense and that is why they continue to support this monstrosity?

All things considered, wouldn't we have been much better off as a nation if it had never been passed?

[PowerToThePeople]

1. We never needed it.

[think]

2. We never needed it.... /nt

[The Magistrate]

3. I Suspect We Never Really Did, Sir

[HiPointDem]

4. we never needed it. but 'they' apparently did. probably not for the stated reasons though.

[Gregorian]

5. The answer is also the answer to why most politicians fearful of being called weak on defense.

The answer to that is the answer to who is really running the show.

Everyone is fearful. And I do not celebrate Veterans day.

[sabrina 1]

6. No, we never needed it. And yes, the Bush liars knew that at that time, right after 9/11, it was the

best way to force Dems to vote for it. Some Dems balked at it, in the beginning. A few of those who did received Anthrax in the mail, coincidentally.

[hughee99]

12. And the Dems who voted to renew it in 2011, and the Democratic president who signed the renewal?

What's their excuse?

[sabrina 1]

14. There is no excuse, none whatsoever.

[hughee99]

15. I agree. I don't agree with, but I understand the circumstances that got that turd passed

in the first place. It baffled me how it was so easily renewed a decade later.

[truebluegreen]

7. We never needed it.

What we did and do need is competence in law enforcement.

[Downtown Hound]

8. As others have noted, we never needed it.

It was always about controlling and spying on the American people and never about keeping us safe.

[MadrasT]

9. Never needed it; still don't need it.

I weep for what we've become.

[xiamiam]

10. nope..never needed it..nt

[RoccoR5955]

11. Nope, and we never did.

It was just the Bush Crime Syndicate's way of eroding out civil and constitutional rights

[Link Speed]

13. Heck, we needed it so badly that the NeoCons wrote it years in advance.

We never needed it.

[StanGr]

16. No

[spin]

17. The original patriots who supported adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution ...

would be infuriated that the Patriot Act ever passed as it violates so many of the rights that they sought to guarantee American citizens could enjoy. They would also probably agree that the name of the act merely adds insult to injury.