Jake Anderson – New provisions tacked on to the Patriot Act would, if signed into law, grant the government far greater powers to probe citizen’s private lives online.
Brandon Turbeville – If we do not maintain our rights in a time of crisis, then, simply put, we do not truly have rights at all.
John W. Whitehead – While Congress subjects the nation to its impeachment-flavored brand of bread-and-circus politics, our civil liberties continue to die a slow, painful death by a thousand cuts.
Nathaniel Mauka – The government can now declare you a cyber-threat, simply for sending an email.
Derrick Broze – If you care about privacy, then it’s time to start openly resisting the prying eyes.
Infographic – Statistics prove that instead of catching terrorists, the Patriot Act has made it easier for the US government to spy on ordinary Americans.
Ethan ‘Indigo’ Smith – Law is meant to protect the inalienable rights of people. But the Patriot Act acts. It does not protect human rights.
Patrick Henningsen, New Dawn Waking Times “Books have been written about [US] President Eisenhower’s famous farewell warning in 1961 about the ‘military-industrial complex,’ and what he described as its ‘unwarranted influence.’ But an even greater leviathan today, one that the public knows little about, is the ‘intelligence-industrial complex.’” – Michael Hirsh, National Journal1 In our interconnected …
