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Mojo_PeiPei · 10-26-2005, 08:24 AM

Ummm correct me if I'm wrong here, I'm not to big on math... But looking at my desktop in the lower right hand corner my computer says it's 10/26/05. The article here says the surveillance had been going on for AT LEAST 5 years. So that means that the investigation started in AT LEAST 2000. Wasn't 9/11 in 2001? Wouldn't that put the Patriot act in late 2001, early 2002? Don't know if that amazing and complex revelation is that big of a deal really, might not matter at all.

I still don't see what the hubbub is with the Patriot act, I really haven't seen any major abuses that led me to believe that Emperor Bush has fully assumed power and imprisoned congress and all dissidents. As far as I understand it, the Patriot didn't do anything new, it merely extended certain legal tools that were already pre-existing to cover "terrorism" type stuff, and at the same time most of the really bad provisions have been struck down as unconstitutional.

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Mojo_PeiPei Kiss of Death Location: Perpetual wind and sorrow	Ummm correct me if I'm wrong here, I'm not to big on math... But looking at my desktop in the lower right hand corner my computer says it's 10/26/05. The article here says the surveillance had been going on for AT LEAST 5 years. So that means that the investigation started in AT LEAST 2000. Wasn't 9/11 in 2001? Wouldn't that put the Patriot act in late 2001, early 2002? Don't know if that amazing and complex revelation is that big of a deal really, might not matter at all. I still don't see what the hubbub is with the Patriot act, I really haven't seen any major abuses that led me to believe that Emperor Bush has fully assumed power and imprisoned congress and all dissidents. As far as I understand it, the Patriot didn't do anything new, it merely extended certain legal tools that were already pre-existing to cover "terrorism" type stuff, and at the same time most of the really bad provisions have been struck down as unconstitutional. __________________ To win a war you must serve no master but your ambition. Last edited by Mojo_PeiPei; 10-26-2005 at 08:27 AM..