Friday, February 4, 2011

The FBI Has Been Violating Your Liberties in Ways That May Shock You

The FBI Has Been Violating Your Liberties in Ways That May Shock You

Last week, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-VT, introduced legislation to extend the Patriot Act past its February 28 expiration date to December 2013.

Though the extension once again saves some of the most nefarious, First-Amendment trampling provisions of the act — roving wiretaps, secret access to third-party records, the hunting of targets unafilliated with foreign powers — Leahy released a statement assuring us that the new extension will increase citizen protections.

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