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Could This Be The End Of The Patriot Act? Let’s Hope!
By : Matt Winkeljohn – http://www.resistthetyranny.com/
In the fourteen years since its signing, the Patriot Act has been the single largest killer of privacy and the Constitution, that this nation has ever seen.
On October 26, 2001, George W. Bush signed the bi-partisan “USA PATRIOT ACT” into law. Ever since its signing, Americans have been clamoring to get it repealed. Opponents to the Patriot Act site many privacy and constitutional concerns, such as….
- The permission given law enforcement officers to search a home or business without the owner’s or the occupant’s consent or knowledge.
- Expanded use of National Security Letters, which allows the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to search telephone, e-mail, and financial records without a court order.
- Expanded access of law enforcement agencies to business records, including library and financial records.
Just to name a few.
We all know that Barack Obama has been campaigning ever since he got into office, but during his original 2007/08 campaign trail, he promised, among many things, to repeal the Patriot Act. This promise, along with the rest of them, was broken.
On May 26, 2011, Barack Obama not only re-signed the Patriot Act, but added to it. Eventually, he also added the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act). In short, The NDAA is an act that grants the president and his administration the right to arrest, detain, torture and disappear any government detractors.
Well, the time may have finally arrived. The Patriot Act was born out of a bi-partisan effort, and it looks like it could be killed with a bi-partisan effort.
