re: White House supports renewal of spy law without reforms

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I'm afraid it's a necessity in this age.

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you like the Patriot Act too, do you?

no right to an attorney
no right to be even charged with a crime
no right to a trial
no right to cross examine witnesses

and now, no right to privacy, because heck, its just so hard to keep from capturing all the data in the universe so your stuff is in there too.

USA now employs 200,000 intelligence analysts.

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I'm afraid it's a necessity in this age

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Seriously, why? What are you so afraid of that you feel it's necessary to expand federal power?