Let the Patriot Act Provisions Die
The Patriot Act has certain provisions that will be expiring tomorrow. We won't be getting back all of our rights because the National Securities Letter is not set to expire. However, if you haven't forgotten the unconstitutional intrusion of our 4th amendment rights, here's the minor gist of it.
- The Records provision gives federal investigators access to all business, hospital and library records to search for “any tangible thing” of a terrorist suspect if there is a court order provided by a special federal court.
- The Roving Wiretaps provision authorizes government tracking capabilities in the form of wiretapping without a name or specific target as a focus, which is sometimes labeled a “sneak and peek” method.
- The Lone Wolf provision allows the use of secret surveillance for spying on non-Americans if they are suspected of terrorist activities not tied to any specific organization.
H.R.3961
S.1692
S.2336
Tell your Senators and Representatives to VOTE AGAINST EXTENDING THE PATRIOT ACT PROVISIONS. American's are waking up to the harsh realization that our freedoms really are being slowly taken away by the government.
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What comes, immediately to mind is George Orwell’s ‘1984’. Big Brother is slowly but surely watching us. It is only a matter of time before there would be cameras even in our most private spaces. I am also becoming aware of a different kind of racism. A fear of the stranger, and branding them all as persons to be suspected if not ‘terrorists’. In short our government has lost all trust and its fear that remains uppermost!
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