patriot act
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
16 May 19
Gosh, I don't normally share nor speak the names of the sinister characters but Hasan Minhaj delivers a summation of what is happening in my country in the present time, and this inevitably entails graphic images to make the power...
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ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
27 Jun 11
This one is definitely one for the courts to decide, we'll see how it turns out.
There is a machine in the White House called an "Autopen". It is a contraption that produces the president's signature. It's been used by many...
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Latrivia
@Latrivia (2878)
• United States
18 Jun 11
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/us/politics/28sign.html
Looks like machines are taking over in every industry, including the presidency.I'm interested in seeing how this will go down. Personally I think if we're going to...
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laglen
@laglen (19759)
• United States
15 Feb 11
yep. The House passed the extension to the Patriot Act. They will now see what books you check out at the library.
My question here is, didnt Speaker Boehner say that every bill will have to show where in the Constitution it...
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bobmnu
@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
27 Sep 10
There is a report in the New York Times that the President will ask Congress for a law to make it easier to monitor the Internet including social networking, to require Internet providers to maintain records of where you visit and...
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EvanHunter
@EvanHunter (4026)
• United States
29 May 10
A lot of people voted for Obama because they felt he was going to repeal the patriot act (or unpatriotic act as I like to call it). I have searched youtube and other places and haven't come up with a place where he said...
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lilwonders
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
27 Feb 10
The man who ran on how horrible the Patriot Act was...just signed into law a one year extention on it. It was set to expire on Sunday...but instead of Vetoing it or plan just letting it expire...he signed it.
Anyone figured this...
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Ima_C_Suvaya
@Ima_C_Suvaya (431)
• United States
27 Sep 09
I believe that's why the feds prematurely arrested this Zazi guy. 0bama was starting to get a lot of negative press from the right and the left for extending the patriot act. It is certainly timely that a couple of terrorists are...
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lilwonders
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
5 May 09
How many of you think the patriot act should be repealed completely? How many of you are willing to put preasure on your elected officials to do it? How many of you are willing to keep putting preasure on them until they do it no...
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lilwonders
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
5 May 09
FBI arrested a 16 year old boy in North Carolina a few months ago for being a "terrorist" and a "enemy combatant" under the patriot act.
According to Annette Lundeby (the boys mother)of Oxford, N.C., armed FBI agents and local...
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xfahctor
@xfahctor (14113)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
17 Mar 09
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1467
To extend certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 for 10 years.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March...
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lilwonders
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
27 Feb 09
The Obama administration has lost its argument that a potential threat to national security should stop a lawsuit against the government's warrantless wiretapping program.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday...
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anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
4 Feb 09
Usually members of the preceding Administration lay low for at least a short while, giving the new President and Administration a bit of a "honeymoon" period before they begin to publicly criticize and attack. I guess we should...
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