"And so the charges of the hysterics are revealed for what they
are: castles in the air. Built on misrepresentation. Supported by
unfounded fear. Held aloft by hysteria. On this and every other
tool provided in the Patriot Act, charges of abuse of power are
ghosts unsupported by fact or example."
- Attorney General John Ashcroft, Sept. 18, 2003
George W. Bush took a lot of grief from civil libertarian critics about the terms of the Patriot Act, passed shortly after 9/11, and his use of it. Today, it's clear the critics were wrong. The way the law has been applied is not as bad as they said. It's way worse.
http://reason.com/archives/2013/06/13/the-executive-branch-is-growing-more-pow
- Attorney General John Ashcroft, Sept. 18, 2003
George W. Bush took a lot of grief from civil libertarian critics about the terms of the Patriot Act, passed shortly after 9/11, and his use of it. Today, it's clear the critics were wrong. The way the law has been applied is not as bad as they said. It's way worse.
http://reason.com/archives/2013/06/13/the-executive-branch-is-growing-more-pow
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