surprisingly, the critics of this who say
congress didnt understand it haven'
t read/understood this document either. they just hear the main gist, and make stupid assumptions, or they just hear what other
people say and repeat it without thinking. the patriot act doesnt say it can tap anyone, or get a warrant without any evidence whatsoever, or arrest anyone for no reason at all. It loosens restrictions that have been a
big problem in preventing things from actually getting done. it also has a
big part of making the way for intelligence agencies to share/give information to the proper departments and agencies in order to be effective for once and stop fucking around.
fact: the
terrorist who was planning to knock down/destroy the Brooklyn bridge was arrested thanks to the Patriot Act. He was being tapped, and the word Brooklyn Bridge came up often. Pre-Patriot Act: courts would have asked when is this attack? how is it going to be attacked?...dont know? no warrant. But the information was turned to the NYPD,
extra enforcement placed on the bridge, and then wire taps revealed the
guy backing off because there was too much
heat and security. A raid of his apartment showed shematics and plans on how he planned on destroying the bridge. You would know this if you read a newspaper, watched the news...anything. I hope plenty of you critics who drove across that bridge consider you could have been on that brdige with a
terrorist cutting cables, blowing up the beams, or w/e, that wasnt caught with the aid of the Patriot Act. Numerous cells have been captured thanks to the Patriot Act.
Im glad so many of you are
ignorant, and yet critical, of the
Patriot Act. Because if the
Patriot Act did what you say it does, all of you would be arrested for criticizing it. And yet, you're still here.
