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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has signed a three-month extension of key surveillance provisions of the Patriot Act.
The law extends two areas of the 2001 act. One provision allows law enforcement officials to set roving wiretaps to monitor multiple communication devices. The other allows them to ask a special court for access to business and library records that could be relevant to a terrorist threat.
Originally posted by bandito
No . no you must have been mistaken and said Obama when you meant Bush . As a Senator Obama voted against the Patriot Act then stopped the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan , then shut Gitmo and Abu Graib and then stopped extraordinary renditions to 3rd world sh*tholes for the purpose of torture . Aw , no , i'm wrong . That's the stuff he promised .
Originally posted by thorg
The potus also declared a national state of emergency today over Libias unrest. the dictatorship of our presidents continues.
Originally posted by American-philosopher
Can anyone question this guy Obama? They question bush didn;t they?? maybe my memeory is off. But can someone just question him and ask hey can you tell us why you think the Patriot Act is so good??
Originally posted by SmokeandShadow
Originally posted by American-philosopher
Can anyone question this guy Obama? They question bush didn;t they?? maybe my memeory is off. But can someone just question him and ask hey can you tell us why you think the Patriot Act is so good??
Obama doesn't take questions from smart people, especially on camera or in front of an audience. I would, LOVE for him to debate someone like Michael Badnarik on a live broadcast concerning issues like the Fed, Patriot Act. the drug war e.c.t
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by Illusionsaregrander
I was a Bachmann fan until she voted for it. I'm not much of a "single issue", type of guy but this is really irritating the heck out of me.
Since when has freedom become a talking point and not a right?
By the way, I do agree with you, but I have no clue as to whom we can support in 2012 with thi tripe continuing.edit on 26-2-2011 by beezzer because: sdfgsd
Originally posted by inkyminds
So we think the government shouldn't be able to tap a phone they know is being used by someone plotting against the homeland? Isn't that one of the main functions of government? To protect the homeland?
So we no longer think personal privacy and freedom are important? There has been no real justification for the intrusiveness of these provisions. It is well past time to end them.
Originally posted by inkyminds
So we think the government shouldn't be able to tap a phone they know is being used by someone plotting against the homeland? Isn't that one of the main functions of government? To protect the homeland?
Originally posted by sonofliberty1776
So we no longer think personal privacy and freedom are important? There has been no real justification for the intrusiveness of these provisions. It is well past time to end them.
Originally posted by inkyminds
So we think the government shouldn't be able to tap a phone they know is being used by someone plotting against the homeland? Isn't that one of the main functions of government? To protect the homeland?