Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Query
History of the original PATRIOT Act: What is it? Who knows?
I mean, the thing came to the floors of Congress and was voted up and out within days of 9/11.
Well, it certainly wasn't discussed, drafted etc., all within those couple of days.
It had to been drafted and discussed well before 9/11.
So: Who, when and why?
Those are the questions.
And the answers?
Relevance?
If nothing else, may show the Cheney/Rove/Bush administration's history of respect for the law. Or maybe something kind of creepier.
There's a difference between the desire for a strong exeutive -- hell, it's practically mandatory -- and the radicals now in chare. A big difference.
I mean, the thing came to the floors of Congress and was voted up and out within days of 9/11.
Well, it certainly wasn't discussed, drafted etc., all within those couple of days.
It had to been drafted and discussed well before 9/11.
So: Who, when and why?
Those are the questions.
And the answers?
Relevance?
If nothing else, may show the Cheney/Rove/Bush administration's history of respect for the law. Or maybe something kind of creepier.
There's a difference between the desire for a strong exeutive -- hell, it's practically mandatory -- and the radicals now in chare. A big difference.
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