D Rice

Yesterday marked the third annivesery of the Pat Act. I am intrested in seeing what a lot of yall think about the act. I am a student at a private university and yesterday thier were protests by people with a lot of nonsense that really did not know what they were talking about. I decided to do a little research on the topic. I can see why people see the Act as a violation of our civil liberties. Although the act basically gave law enforcement and gov't authority the same rights they have had to fight organized crime, drug trafficers, and child pornography but now allow them to use these tools to fight terrorists. I talked to a few of the protesters and asked them the very basic question of "Is the United States safer because of the passing of the USA pat act (which stands for Uniting and Strengthening America)? They answered no. I would like to hear from yall on this topic.