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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit Nails the Surveillance Issue [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)28. I guess that has to be true if
you won't elect people who will repeal The Patriot Act, or AT LEAST someone who will not vote to extend it, or sign that extension into law.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/27/patriot-act-extension-signed-obama-autopen_n_867851.html
Personally, I'd like the U.S. to elect some people with some god-damned integrity, myself.
The two senators I voted for on that extension:
Merkley, along with Wyden, is especially upset that a provision of the current law that allows law enforcement to collect a vast array of business records, emails, phone numbers, even DNA from anyone deemed "relevant" to an investigation. Merkley and Wyden both want the law to include a more detailed legal definition of "relevant" to lessen the chance that sensitive data is collected on innocent people.
And from the same article:
The White House is pressing Congress to act so there will be no interruption. Specifically, the provisions to be renewed would authorize the FBI to use roving wiretaps on surveillance targets; allow the government to access "any tangible items," such as library records, in the course of surveillance; and allow the surveillance of "lone wolf" targets who are not connected to an identified terrorist group.
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/post_30.html
So...who was pushing the extension of the Patriot Act through in a hurry? The White House? Who is that? Barack Obama.
"You can't unfuck the deflowered virgin?" Bad metaphor. This law was supposed to expire. Congress and the president can damned well let it, or repeal it.
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"The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same."
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#3
This power is exercised by elected and UN-elected government officials for the benefit of their
Dustlawyer
Jun 2013
#14
nominate and elect a president who is diametrically opposed to these policies and laws
bigtree
Jun 2013
#9
The problem is that *our* candidate for president said exactly that when he was running. He said he
SlimJimmy
Jun 2013
#11
There are only 2 politicians I can think of who I really believe might stop this if POTUS
AnnieK401
Jun 2013
#30
No doubt. The bullshit narrative that paints this like overcoming the laws of physics is pitiful
TheKentuckian
Jun 2013
#31