The law that post September 11th took away a large number of American citizen's freedoms and liberties, the Patriot Act, is going to be brought up for renewal and succeed, if George Bush has anything to do with it, the President said in his State of the Union address to Congress. "Key provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire next year," Bush said. "The terrorist threat will not expire on that schedule. Our law enforcement needs this vital legislation to protect our citizens--you need to renew the Patriot Act." Reports CNet.
CNet also reports "One section that will expire permits police to conduct warrantless Internet surveillance with the permission of a network operator. A second section permits police to share the contents of wiretaps or Internet surveillance with the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency and other security agencies. Another section makes it easier for prosecutors to seek search warrants for electronic evidence. A fourth, Section 215, became well known after some librarians alerted visitors that it permits the FBI to learn what books a patron has read and what Web sites a patron visited--and prohibits the recipient of such an order from disclosing that it exists." Needless to say, I am heavily against this move, and only wish I had the ability to have Bush removed from office.
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