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Originally Posted by wendybeth
You know perfectly well I was referring to such things as the 'Patriot Act' and the indefinite imprisonment of suspects, etc. I suppose as long as it doesn't affect you it's alright? That provision in the Patriot Act allowing the FBI to rifle through your records and not be answerable to anyone is frightening and is a huge blow to our civil liberties. The only reason the Act got passed was because of this climate of fear that the OP wrote about.
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Wendy, I'm not trying to be a jerk. All FBI searches involved in the Patriot Act do require judicial warrants. There are provisions making it easier to get certain warrants and it does eliminate some redundancy, but there is judicial oversight. If someone will point out to me even one person, beyond the guantanamo prisoners who are US citizens (I do not include those who are not because non-US citizens have no gaurantee of rights under our Constitution - I completely agree that those US citizens being held there are being denied their rights, and in fact, judicial oversight ordered their release. Forgive me if some of my details aren't exact.), who has had their civil liberties compromised, that would be great. I honestly do not know of anyone.
If you are referring to the library records thing that was a big deal a while ago, I never had a problem with it because it is called a "public" library. There is no reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place.