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    • CodyLyon'sblogolater: Of NSL's and the FBI: TOLD YOU SO

      Posted by Villagenyc

      Worries of abuse by FBI agents sans judicial oversight had been one of the greatest fears expressed by civil libertarians opposing the patriot act. Warnings of warrant-less wiretapping, data mining and the misuse of electronic surveillance of citizens across the country ripped at the country’s soul as fears of terrorism competed with fears of big brother.

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      Bush shuns Patriot Act requirement

      Posted by Billbar from Boston Globe

      When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers. Still thinks he's above the law...

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    • The Media Firewall

      Posted by Billbar from Glenn Greenwald

      The media maintains a disconnect between stories about the Patriot Act and the NSA warrant-less spying issues. The primary purpose of the Patriot Act was to modernize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the same statute that the President now claims is an out-dated relic which he has the power to disregard whenever he deems it "necessary." So it makes absolutely no sense to say that the Patriot Act/FISA safeguards the civil liberties of the American people when the administration is claiming that it is not bound by FISA's provisions in the NSA warrant-less spying scandal. Because the media insist on covering the Patriot Act renewal and the NSA controversy as if they were totally unrelated stories, they simply present Bush's incoherent statements without further comment.

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