Patriot Act Being Used Against Common Criminals
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- In the two years since law enforcement agencies gained fresh powers to help them track down and punish terrorists, police and prosecutors have increasingly turned the force of the new laws not on al-Qaida cells but on people charged with common crimes
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely....works on a smaller scale too. This is the sort of inevietable [damn that word] outcome of such an emotional decision such as passing that abominable law. I can't believe Ashcroft was trying to pass Patriot Act II