Re: U.S. Senate Blocks Patriot Act Renewal

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Sorry, gotta call 'bullshit' on that one.

I would suggest that you familiarize yourself with the 16 provisions
of the Patriot Act in contention:

 http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/16/patriot.provisions.ap/index.html

Disclaimer: I'm also a fervant supporter of the EFF, blgging for
EFF-Austin (Texas):

http://effaustin.org/

- ferg



-- Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu> wrote:

> If you were a *true* conservative, you'd be asking why the government
> needs the ability to go into essentially *any* place of business
> (including your bank, the library, and anyplace else that you've
> exchanged money or ID with), and look at your records, with the following:
>
> 1) No judicial oversight. Subpoenas? Warrants? Who needs those?

This is false.  The only part of the Patriot Act that doesn't mandate 
judicial oversight is section 501, which has to do with payments authorized 
by the US Attorney General of rewards (like the $25 million for Saddam.) 
The rest of the act requires judicial approval before they can obtain 
anyone's records.

[snip]

--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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