I'm shocked! I'm outraged! I can't believe the Patriot Act has been... enacted!?

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35. There has been a common theme with the "scandals" lately. They mostly have been older events served

up like the end of the world via the press. C'mon, the ap stuff we know about because the justice dept sent them a letter hello, rosen and fox happened back in 2011 and everyone knew about it then. Ditto the irs. The investigation had been underway for some time and everyone knew it. This law has been around since 2007. Some say they couldn't imagine the scope of it, but i'm not so sure. One of the companies that sells data minimg software for intelligence purposes has advertised who their customers were. What the software does, etc. Sorry, the government isn't running a secret spying operation through a super secret court to listen in on millions of phone calls by Americans. It isn't perfect, but all three branches of government have reviewed it so i'm not sure I could stop it if I wanted to. I think we need to review it and elect officials who will do what we're comfortable with.