Department of Justice Patriot Act Usage and Rationale from Judicial Branch
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The Patriot Act and associated civil liberties violations remain on the most wanted list from the 2004 Ten Most Wanted. The facts have not changed; the public has a right to know the details of when special investigative power is extended under the Patriot Act. This is especially important in investigations not directly related to terrorism. Currently the Judicial Branch is not providing statistical reports on Patriot Act usage, and without such reports, the public has no method of knowing when the courts might be allowing law enforcement to overstep investigative boundaries.
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Bill Allison 02/11 3:29 p.m.
Shouldn't this be in the executive branch?
k 02/14 8:54 p.m.
Absolutely everything that is transmitted over wire or over the air is intercepted by the NSA. See Project Echelon. We paid for most if not all of that. And that's old technology compared to what they're using now. I would like to know what was in the "missing" emails that somehow got deleted from Cheney's office. They exist, and executive privilege doesn't extend to covering up crime - or shouldn't. If Obama really wants an open government, than he should write an executive order requiring that copies of all NSA intercepted transmissions from elected officials, political appointees, cabinet heads and members - ALL public servants including themselves and law enforcement, and military, state federal and local, anyone on the public treasury tab, be kept and stored and cataloged and made available for public inspection to ensure no crimes are being committed at our expense. END corruption - with wide open truth. :)
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