25 September 2009, 12:36 AM
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DoJ Official Blows Cover Off PATRIOT Act
DoJ Official Blows Cover Off PATRIOT Act
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In the debate over the PATRIOT Act, the Bush White House insisted it needed the authority to search people's homes without their permission or knowledge so that terrorists wouldn't be tipped off that they're under investigation.
Now that the authority is law, how has the Department of Justice used the new power? To go after drug dealers.
Only three of the 763 "sneak-and-peek" requests in fiscal year 2008 involved terrorism cases, according to a July 2009 report from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Sixty-five percent were drug cases.
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What a wonderfully sensible idea. Which, of course, means loud fundie idiots will be in an uproar over it. - Vilified
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