Saturday, March 10, 2007

Gotta Get Them Terrorists

The Patriot Act, we have been told, has is necessary to fighting the War on Terror. And those who are leery at giving the government vast powers are naive and silly. Of course, as usual, being naive and silly yesterday means being right today.

The FBI improperly and, in some cases, illegally used the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about people in the United States, a Justice Department audit concluded Friday.

And for three years the FBI underreported to Congress how often it forced businesses to turn over the customer data, the audit found.

The USA Patriot Act: destroying freedom one false terrorist at a time.

Rest assured, the Patriot Act will never be used against you and yours. After all, you haven't done anything wrong. And the fact that Hillary will soon wield the power given to her by that most conservative of predecessors is in no way a cause for alarm.

"There is no excuse for the mistakes that have been made, and we are going to make things right as quickly as possible," the attorney general [Alberto Gonzales] said.

Why do I get the feeling that repealing the law is not an option Mr. Gonzales will be considering?

2 comments:

troutsky said...

They see your site it could be secret rendition time and youll have to prove you are not a terrorist while being tortured!Don't mention my name!

A Wiser Man Than I said...

Lol. I don't know how I'll handle under torture, but I'll do my best not to "name names".