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Thursday, June 09, 2005

But is it constitutional...?

(from oldest son - 3 nights out of 3...!)
President Bush urged the U.S. Congress on Thursday to renew major provisions of the USA Patriot Act and rejected critics who have complained the post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism law erodes civil liberties.

in the entire course of his presidency so far, has bush EVER actually RESPONDED to ANY criticism except by "rejecting" it...? here's a couple of things that are troubling me (among others)...
"The most offensive portion of the President's remarks was his claim that the Patriot Act is constitutional," Lisa Graves, the ACLU's senior counsel for legislative strategy said.

and this...
After hours of secret deliberations, the oversight panel voted 11-4 to send to the full Senate a proposal that would give the FBI the power to subpoena without judicial approval a wide range of personal documents ranging from health and library records to tax statements.

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