Maybe I'm a defeatist but Patriot Act or no Patriot Act I believe they're just going to do this stuff anyway. These intelligence organizations aren't really hel

Maybe I'm a defeatist but Patriot Act or no Patriot Act I believe they're just going to do this stuff anyway. These intelligence organizations aren't really held accountable often to the public for their actions. Just look at all the shady stuff they've done over the decades -- and that's just the stuff we know about. Who knows what really goes on inside the NSA or CIA? If they're out to get you I really doubt laws are going to save you. We know for an absolute fact this stuff was happening before the Patriot Act was law. Who went to jail? Was the President who permitted it held accountable? Nope. Were a significant number of the Representatives and Senators who voted for the Patriot Act expelled from office by voters? Nope. Maybe America is getting what it deserves. It looks like civil liberty violations are going to have to get much worse before Americans turn off their TVs and put down their Big Macs and actually care about the issue. The solution won't be so simple as repealing the Patriot Act either.