Patriot Act Dangers
On October 30, 2005, I went on to Timesunion.com and found an Article called Patriot Act Dangers. It sounded interesting when I read a brief summary of the article concerning new powers to be added to the Patriot Act, so I decided to print the article. The Patriot Act completely destroys the Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights. The Fourth Amendment protects US citizens from unlawful search and seizures. Under the Fourth Amendment, search warrants are only to be issued when there is "probable cause". The warrant must be specific as to what place is being searched and, or what persons or things are going to be seized.
The Patriot Act gives the government power to go into your home while you are not there, copy your hard drive, retrieve files, or whatever else they desire without ever giving you notice and without a search warrant. Now, the FBI wants even more power, including access to all kinds of personal records, including: library, medical, gun,......
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