Ensure, Don’t Assume
Rationalists in the United States Senate have beat back re-authorizing the USA PATRIOT Act absent adequate oversight and safeguards.
Coincidentally, this happens just as the press was reporting on President Bush having authorized the National Security Agency to greatly expand domestic surveillance without court approval,
Not to mention the recent NBC News expose of Pentagon spying on protected political activity, and further evidence of FBI/JTTF spying on protected political activity in Colorado.