For the tenth anniversary of the PATRIOT Act
How the Patriot Act stripped me of my free-speech rights
A decade later, much of the government’s surveillance policy remains shrouded in secrecy, making it impossible for the American public to engage in a meaningful debate on the effectiveness or wisdom of various practices. The government has used NSLs to collect private information on hundreds of thousands of people. I am the only person from the telecommunications industry who received one to ever challenge in court the legality of the warrantless NSL searches and the associated gag order and to be subsequently (partially) un-gagged.
That is one of the more frightening things I’ve read.
October 28th, 2011 at 9:44 am
More and more, the 2A is becoming more relevant. Get guns and ammo, keep them hidden, and keep your powder dry.
October 28th, 2011 at 9:50 am
Well, that answers the question of “Whose rights were infringed by the enactment of the PATRIOT Act?” doesn’t it?