ACLU Says Fears Setting Public Policy

[dirtygeek]

As Commission on Civil Rights Examines Freedom Post 9/11, ACLU Says Fears Setting Public Policy

WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today joined other civil liberties experts in telling the United States Commission on Civil Rights that invasive security measures established after 9/11 threaten freedom and civil rights in the United States.

"We run the danger of letting our fears, not our values, set public policy," ACLU Legislative Counsel Timothy Edgar told the commission, which is an independent, bipartisan agency tasked with monitoring federal civil rights enforcement. "The American public deserves a government that preserves both their security and their liberty."

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/Safe...ID=15275&c=206

[Lee]

You know what though...

Many people dont realize...

We NEED to do NOTHING about the Patriot Act.

Its true, it was written so that when it comes up for 'renewal' as it was only a temporary measure in the aftermath of 9/11 if nothing needs to be changed in it it will simply.. disappear altogether.

Dont draw attention to something that for all intents and purposes is going to do just that.. disappear without a trace.

Regards,

Lee

[Lee]

Hmm i figured there would be at least another couple of replies to this thread by now

Regards,

Lee