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The true pushers of the PATRIOT Act were the guys in the DoJ who wrote the thing; it was all written up and prepared far in advance of an anticipated wartime co
by MostAwesomeDude 15y ago
The true pushers of the PATRIOT Act were the guys in the DoJ who wrote the thing; it was all written up and prepared far in advance of an anticipated wartime condition which would allow them to get it passed without trouble.
- yummyfajitas 15y agoYes, the patriot act was being kicked around in some form since at least 1995. "When I was chairman in '94 I introduced a major antiterrorism bill--back then,...I drafted a terrorism bill after the Oklahoma City bombing. And the bill John Ashcroft sent up [the PATRIOT act] was my bill." - Joe Biden http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/rhetorical-question http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/rhetorical-question