EFF: Let The Sun Set On PATRIOT

Every two weeks The EFF profiles one of the 13 PATRIOT act provisions scheduled to sunset each week and explains in plain language what’s wrong with the provision and why Congress should allow it to expire.

They say several provisions can be used against Americans in a wide range of investigations that have nothing to do with terrorism, Others are too vague, jeopardizing legitimate activities protected under the First Amendment. Worse, the Department of Justice has worked to expand and/or make permanent a number of these provisions — despite the fact that they were sold to the public as “temporary” measures and are scheduled to expire, or “sunset,” in December of 2005.

May 16, 2004 by Uncategorized 0

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