Our rights suspended for 10 more years
AntiWar.Com
US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
07/26/05
The tired arguments we're hearing today are that same ones we heard in 2001 when the PATRIOT Act was passed in the emotional aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. If the PATRIOT Act is constitutional and badly needed, as its proponents swear, why were sunset provisions included at all? If it's unconstitutional and pernicious, why not abolish it immediately? All of this nonsense about sunsets and reauthorizations merely distracts us from the real issue, which is personal liberty. America was not founded on a promise of security; it was founded on a promise of personal liberty to pursue happiness...
http://www.antiwar.com/paul/?articleid=6743
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
07/26/05
The tired arguments we're hearing today are that same ones we heard in 2001 when the PATRIOT Act was passed in the emotional aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. If the PATRIOT Act is constitutional and badly needed, as its proponents swear, why were sunset provisions included at all? If it's unconstitutional and pernicious, why not abolish it immediately? All of this nonsense about sunsets and reauthorizations merely distracts us from the real issue, which is personal liberty. America was not founded on a promise of security; it was founded on a promise of personal liberty to pursue happiness...
http://www.antiwar.com/paul/?articleid=6743
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 26. Jul, 16:09
