Obama supports extending Patriot Act

[southwind]

This is for all you Bush-haters out there...............now you can be Nobama-haters as well !

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090915/ap_on_.../us_patriot_act

Bet you didn't see this one coming from your false-prophet !

 

[Ttailfan]

Like I've been saying it's one party system folks.

Why am I not surprised?

Why shouldn't Obama have a tool which he can use against his opponents. After all that young fella in Germany did it the '30's when he confiscated the citizens weapons.

Exactly right...

The left won't take issue with this. They will seize the opportunity to use it as they want to now. And that won't be in the nation's best interest, but then...what does a Democrat do that is...

 

[freedom]

So wait , let me get this right ....


your all bad mouthing the partiot act , an act that gave the CIA and FBI etc greater powers to keep our nation safe from terrorism ? what , now you want to do away with it ? what kind of sense does that make ?

 

[tech2101]

Exactly right...

The left won't take issue with this. They will seize the opportunity to use it as they want to now. And that won't be in the nation's best interest, but then...what does a Democrat do that is...

Did you actually read the link?

There are three key provisions being supported, while considering changes brought forth by congress.

I think the whole thing should have been scrapped and tried again.

Michelle Richardson of the American Civil Liberties Union called the administration's position ''a mixed bag,'' and said that the group hopes the next version of the Patriot Act will have important safeguards on other issues, particularly the collecting of international communications, and a specific bar on surveillance of protected First Amendment activities like peaceful protests or religious assembly.

''We're heartened they're saying they're willing to work with Congress,'' Richardson said, adding that is ''definitely a sea change from what we've seen in the past.''

Source

 

[delldude]

The dreaded Patriot Act.....all its privacy invasions....Bush signed it into law. Know who wrote it in 1995?

"Anti-terror" legislation
The next year, months before the Oklahoma City bombing took place, Biden introduced another bill called the Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995. It previewed the 2001 Patriot Act by allowing secret evidence to be used in prosecutions, expanding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and wiretap laws, creating a new federal crime of "terrorism" that could be invoked based on political beliefs, permitting the U.S. military to be used in civilian law enforcement, and allowing permanent detection of non-U.S. citizens without judicial review. The Center for National Security Studies said the bill would erode "constitutional and statutory due process protections" and would "authorize the Justice Department to pick and choose crimes to investigate and prosecute based on political beliefs and associations."

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10024163-38.html#ixzz169eWHNY5

 

[SparrowHawk]

Did you actually read the link?

There are three key provisions being supported, while considering changes brought forth by congress.

I think the whole thing should have been scrapped and tried again.

Source

When it comes to the Patriot there are NO NEUTRALS! You're either on the side of Freedom and Liberty or the side of Neo-Facsist Thugs from Washington.

So tell me which side are you one?


Which Side are You on?

 

[tech2101]

When it comes to the Patriot there are NO NEUTRALS! You're either on the side of Freedom and Liberty or the side of Neo-Facsist Thugs from Washington.

So tell me which side are you one?


Which Side are You on?

The last post you responded to was over two years old. What is your point now?

 

[SparrowHawk]

The last post you responded to was over two years old. What is your point now?

Same as it ever was. We simply traded in a right wing neo-fascist for a left wing neo-fascist! Same Manure, different manure spreader