re: "I can't remember the last time anyone on this forum railed against it."
I figure that Liberal Opposition to the Patriot Act is akin to Republican Opposition to Abortion... a dirty little secret that the politicians prefer not to do more than pay lip service to.
Except that these days, Liberals don't even do that.

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