george w. bush: champion of freedom
The renewal of the Patriot Act is currently being worked on and everyone that loved the original are going to just love version 2.0.
Among the additions: the right of the FBI to issue administrative subpoenas not issued by a judge or grand jury and expansion of the already liberalized ability of the FBI to wire-tap. Granted, these are all ony to be used in "terrorism" case, but as we've all seen "terrorism" can be shining a laser pointer at the cockpit of a plane, operating a meth lab (meth beng a 'chemical weapon' you see...), and (according to the New York Times - requires reg), "to investigate suspected drug traffickers, white-collar criminals, blackmailers, child pornographers, money launderers, spies and even corrupt foreign leaders, federal officials said."
I think it's all bloody brilliant myself. Who needs freedom anyway? I say give the feds all the power they want, let them control our lives with fear. Let them watch our thoughts even. That's grand. I love big brother.
Among the additions: the right of the FBI to issue administrative subpoenas not issued by a judge or grand jury and expansion of the already liberalized ability of the FBI to wire-tap. Granted, these are all ony to be used in "terrorism" case, but as we've all seen "terrorism" can be shining a laser pointer at the cockpit of a plane, operating a meth lab (meth beng a 'chemical weapon' you see...), and (according to the New York Times - requires reg), "to investigate suspected drug traffickers, white-collar criminals, blackmailers, child pornographers, money launderers, spies and even corrupt foreign leaders, federal officials said."
I think it's all bloody brilliant myself. Who needs freedom anyway? I say give the feds all the power they want, let them control our lives with fear. Let them watch our thoughts even. That's grand. I love big brother.
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