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Getbig Main Boards => Politics and Political Issues Board => Topic started by: SAMSON123 on February 27, 2010, 08:03:45 PM
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Eh Hem...so what was that you all were saying about your freedoms?...that are fast disappearing...which will now remain disappeared...and maybe even losing more.
Obama signs one-year extension of Patriot Act
AP
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has signed a one-year extension of several provisions in the nation's main counterterrorism law, the Patriot Act.
Provisions in the measure would have expired on Sunday without Obama's signature Saturday.
The act, which was adopted in the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, expands the government's ability to monitor Americans in the name of national security.
Three sections of the Patriot Act that stay in force will:
_Authorize court-approved roving wiretaps that permit surveillance on multiple phones.
_Allow court-approved seizure of records and property in anti-terrorism operations.
_Permit surveillance against a so-called lone wolf, a non-U.S. citizen engaged in terrorism who may not be part of a recognized terrorist group.
Obama's signature comes after the House voted 315 to 97 Thursday to extend the measure.
The Senate also approved the measure, with privacy protections cast aside when Senate Democrats lacked the necessary 60-vote supermajority to pass them. Thrown away were restrictions and greater scrutiny on the government's authority to spy on Americans and seize their records.
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Some good things about it, some bad. But, I think Obama has been heralded as a protector of our rights so it seems to me that the intelligence community may have shown him some valuable shit that we got as a result of these provisions.
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I hate the patriot act. Although it might be a stretch to say it's unconstitutional it does impede on our rights which pisses me off no matter how minor it may be.
You're so far out there Samson, that you make me feel like that jackass Beach Bum.... :-\
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Patriot Act:
(http://www.frugallawstudent.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/acc-toilet-paper-holder.jpg)
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Patriot Act:
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That maybe an idyllic representation of the patriot act, until you realize the power the patriot act has. This is more of a representation of it
(http://www.internetlovechild.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/grating2.jpg)
Something that can tear you apart
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That maybe an idyllic representation of the patriot act, until you realize the power the patriot act has. This is more of a representation of it
(http://www.internetlovechild.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/grating2.jpg)
Something that can tear you apart
God forgive me, ...but that graphic makes me lmao. it would be a lot less funnier if it weren't so true tho.