Republicans Move to Make PATRIOT Act Permanent

• Spartaaaaa wrote on 2011-02-04 23:40

  Kurt Nimmo
  Prison Planet.com
  Friday, February 4, 2011
  
  Freshly emboldened by their mid-term congressional wins, establishment Republicans are set to extend the unconstitutional police state Patriot Act. It is set to expire in three weeks and Republicans are eager to make sections of the legislation permanent.
  
  [video=youtube;7ieX2BnPwPk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ieX2BnPwPk&feature=player_embedded[/video]
  
  On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a vote to continue and extend the law. “Having this debate year after year offers little certainty to agents utilizing these provisions to keep the nation safe,” said ranking member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
  
  “Short-term reauthorizations lead to operational uncertainty and compliance and reporting problems if the reauthorization occurs too close to expiration,” Grassley continued. “If these provisions are necessary, we should provide more certainty rather than simply revisiting the law year after year given the indefinite threat we face from acts of terrorism, and that looks like decades ahead. We should permanently reauthorize the three expiring provisions.”
  
  Grassley, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Intelligence Committee Ranking Republican Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., will introduce legislation to make the measures permanent.
  
  The Senate leadership has initiated procedures for a vote on the legislation. “These are going to expire in a couple weeks so I would hope that all senators in both parties who have interest in that will meet with me and Sen. Grassley. None of us want to play politics on national security and we should get moving on this,” said committee chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat.
  
  Leahy introduced a reauthorization of the unconstitutional act last week that would extend and reform some provisions set to expire on February 28. Leahy’s reforms, known as the USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2011, would limit the government’s power in gathering intelligence on individuals in the United States.
  
  Many observers, including the ACLU and the American Library Association, say the reforms do not go far enough. The ACLU has called the legislation unconstitutional.

  
  
  Link to article: http://www.prisonplanet.com/republicans-move-to-make-patriot-act-permanent.html
  
  Anyone who still thinks that Republicans (Neo-cons) are for small government has their head in the sand!
• Spartaaaaa wrote on 2011-02-04 23:41
  Crap! Wrong section. Move to "News" please...
• babohtea wrote on 2011-02-04 23:42
  obviously political stuff is political.
  everyone has opinions; don't expect to bring up politics with everyone agreeing with you.
  
  that being said, the details of what they're trying to extend (not all of it) are going to make the difference. I'm sure they try wont extend the whole act
• Lan wrote on 2011-02-04 23:46

  UK citizens are the most surveyed people in the world.
  
  There are up to 4.2 million surveillance cameras in Britain. There’s roughly 1 camera for every 14 people. Britain is also the worst country in the Western world at protecting individual privacy. The two worst countries in this regard are Malaysia and China, but Britain makes it to the top five do to its endemic surveillance.

  
  
  ...
• Magenera wrote on 2011-02-05 00:34
  Should I just move to China? I mean, I get the same results, just with out all the bull ****.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2011-02-05 19:35
  Plus one more reason to just go to Canada.
• Spartaaaaa wrote on 2011-02-05 20:05

  Quote from Cucurbita;321675:

  Plus one more reason to just go to Canada.

  
  
  Not sure if I really prefer socialism over fascism...
• Cucurbita wrote on 2011-02-05 20:26

  Quote from Spartaaaaa;321723:

  Not sure if I really prefer socialism over fascism...

  
  
  You can always abuse socialism by trying less :D
• Lan wrote on 2011-02-05 20:42

  Quote from Spartaaaaa;321723:

  Not sure if I really prefer socialism over fascism...

  
  
  Come to Canada :D It's so nice in Canada, I'm glad the people are nice in Canada, come...and pay taxes.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2011-02-05 20:48

  Quote from Lan;321772:

  Come to Canada :D It's so nice in Canada, I'm glad the people are nice in Canada, come...and pay taxes.

  
  
  Trust me, you pay more taxes in Minnesota than you do in Canada anyways.
• Devoth wrote on 2011-02-05 20:51

  Quote from Cucurbita;321784:

  Trust me, you pay more taxes in Minnesota than you do in Canada anyways.

  
  
  Let's go.