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It's extremely disingenuous to characterize his role as "continued policy begun by previous administration" when his Vice President wrote the core legislation o

It's extremely disingenuous to characterize his role as "continued policy begun by previous administration" when his Vice President wrote the core legislation of the Patriot Act, he was actively working to expand those policies for 8 years, and one of his very last acts was to issue an EO further entrenching them.

optimuspaul 10y ago
Citations needed.
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- bendbro 10y ago
  Here's some literature on the Omnibus, Mr. Optimus. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Counterterrorism_Act_of_1995 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_Counterterrorism_Act... https://www.cnet.com/news/joe-bidens-pro-riaa-pro-fbi-tech-voting-record/ https://www.cnet.com/news/joe-bidens-pro-riaa-pro-fbi-tech-v...
rand77763 10y ago
And then he lied to the American people about the FREEDOM Act. Claimed it was some type of reform.
unityByFreedom 10y ago
Both parties have expanded the powers of the agencies. That's no secret.