Earlier this week the “Patriot Act” extension passed the House 250-153 and the Senate 72-23. President Obama signed it from France using an autopen. Senators Mark Udall and Ron Wyden said the powers of the Patriot Act are being used in ways that would stun most Americans, but they can’t disclose what they know because the information is classified.
Udall and Wyden voted against the extension. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky also voted no, but it passed overwhelmingly. Why did Republicans who say they fear big government vote for this bill? Why did Democrats who say they worry about the erosion of civil liberties vote for this bill? Why did a President who taught a course in constitutional law and ought to know better sign it?
Here is the kind of country we live in now. Will this post be recorded somewhere? Am I now considered a potential subversive or supporter of terrorism? What do Udall and Wyden know that they can’t share? How did we get here?
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