Want to know why yesterday's vote to extend 14 of 16 provisions of the Patriot Act matters? Billmon has all answers. Here's one tiny highlight from his post that should scare you into action:
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| Just to highlight what an Orwellian witch's brew the Patriot Act has turned into, consider that while the Cheney administration claims Section 215 has never been used to search or seize library records, a 2002 survey of librarians found that almost half of them reported being visited by federal or local law enforcement agents demanding access to patron records. |
What good is a war to protect freedom over there if we lose it here at home?
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