Patriot Act extended without privacy protections - RT 100302

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Patriot Act extended without privacy protections
02 March, 2010, 06:46
President Obama, this weekend, signed a one-year extension to several provisions of the Patriot Act the main counter-terrorism law in the US allowing spying on Americans and seizing personal records and private data.
The sections of the Act that stay in force will authorize court-approved roving wiretaps that permit surveillance on multiple phones, allow court-approved seizure of records and property in anti-terrorism operations and permit surveillance against so-called lone wolves, non-US citizens engaged in terrorism who may not be part of a recognized terrorist group, according to Associated Press news agency.
There were no changes to protect civil liberties as demanded by liberals and some in Obamas Democratic Party.
RT's Lucy Kafanov says that while Democrats attacked the law during the Bush era, some have changed their tune under Obama.
The controversy is that its the Democrats who passed this thing without so much as a whisper of protest. For years we heard the Democrats rallying against the Patriot Act as the very antithesis of democracy and all of the civil liberties that America stands for, Lucy Kafanov says. We heard so much about how the Patriot Act is less about fighting the war on terror and more about unchecked police surveillance and wiretapping and illegal searches of homes and offices of private American citizens. And so, to have this thing passed without any sort of debate on the Senate floor I mean, you go back to campaign events even from 2006 and beforehand this was a key point of many Democrats who talked about how they wanted to change the Patriot Act and take away some of these controversial provisions.

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[gli96187]

Obama and his democrat buddies one again continues the Bush policies. Another campaign promise broken again. Have you people figured it out yet?

[dishesdealer417]

Obama sold us all out who voted for hiim. I don't know how they got to him, but they did. I won't vote for him again. Governor Jesse Ventura/Ron Paul or Ventura/Rep. Alan Grayson on a 3rd party ticket. The demopublican party and their fake teaparty crap is all a ruse.

[DJCW]

A few question to my Americans cousins.

Now your children are being taken [in the middle of the night] under the Patriot Act introduced by Baby Bush in 2001.. are Americans ready to fight for truth and justice? or are you waiting till it happens to you and your families? and/or the next false flag event?

USA Patriot Act used against its own citizens Think it cant happen to you THINK AGAIN! SaveYouTube

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[PtAltmVansanTarr]

@dishesdealer417 someone needs to finish him off with a hi powered something or other, the man isnt a president, he's a freak

[nyprogressive]

It's happened again in 2011! Congress renewed the Patriot Act without ANY reforms.

Don't just sit there and fume. DO SOMETHING! Join the Protest in DC demanding repeal of the Patriot Act.

March 12, 2011 at high Noon, gather on the West side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. for a genuine, grassroots, no bull protest against the Patriot Act.

Search Facebook for "Patriot Act Protest" for more information.

[talonvi]

they got their power and there is no way they are going to relinquish it.

[TheGodlessGuitarist]

@investorspolldotcom

Hey, I'm not denying that they have some assholes.

[investorspolldotcom]

@TheGodlessGuitarist Hah, reasonable? LMFAO. Barry Soetoro has not only continued the Patriot Act, he has gone 10 steps further than the Republicans, he now will know your Medical History via the IRS, can spy on your credit card and banking transactions, and soon, you will be paying $5.00 gas if they pass Cap N Trade. He has moved this country into the Police State a lot faster than Bush and Cheney could even have dreamed of.

[TheGodlessGuitarist]

@gli96187

"Have you people figured it out yet?"

err....yeah, but you going to vote for the republican party of outrageously insane fomaing at the mouth christian fundamentalists and corporate bitches or the democrat party of corporate bitches and a few reasonable politicians?