There's a pretty easy way to get rid of the Patriot Act

[Walt Starr]

Elect a Democratic president.

75% of those who currently support the Patriot Act will do a complete 180 turnaround if that much power is handed over to a Democratic Administration.

[babylonsister]

1. We already did that and look where it got us. nt

[OneBlueSky]

4. twice . . . n/t

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[BuyingThyme]

2. Yep.

But the Patriot Act was designed to keep Republicans in office.

[leveymg]

3. What if the Patriot Act were used to get rid of the neocon cabal?

Look, the thing about the Patriot Act that most people don't understand is that it allows gov't agencies to retain and share information about US persons. But, what if the DIA, for instance, wants to determine exactly who's responsible for the "16 little words", or the CIA wishes to track down the original leaker of Valerie Plame, or FBI Counter-terrorism would like to set the record straight about exactly what Dubya was told about the al-Qaeda cells inside the U.S. the summer of 2001 and why he decided not to roll up the UBL cells before 9/11?

The answer, my friends, is that the Patriot Act would allow these agencies to retain, analyze and share among them -- and with the US Attorney from Chicago -- the intercepts that NSA has stored. Do you really think they wouldn't, and haven't?

This is a town of dossier collectors and turf protectors. Always has been, and always will be. The Patriot Act just makes it easier.