Rubio wants permanent Patriot Act extension

[Panich52]

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Tuesday called for a "permanent extension" of provisions of the Patriot Act that are set to expire in June. Rubio, who opposed a National Security Agency reform bill last year, made the call in a Fox News op-ed criticizing President Obamas counterterrorism policies. 

The potential White House contender also urged technology companies to "cooperate with authorities so that we can better track terrorist activity" -- an apparent reference to some companies implementing phone encryption that would not allow anyone, including law enforcement, to access its content without a password.

Link f/ op-ed:

http://tinyurl.com/q7fkqgo

Polis mocks Rubio: Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) sent out a sarcastic statement following Rubios op-ed, calling for around-the-clock surveillance on the senator: "If Senator Rubio believes that millions of innocent Americans should be subject to intrusive and unconstitutional government surveillance, surely he would have no objections to the government monitoring his own actions and conversations," Polis said.  

More from Polis:

http://tinyurl.com/oxzhn3h

[lpbk2713]

1. Rubio wants headlines.

It's in his interest to keep his name in the media.

Even if he does look like a fool while doing it.

[dissentient]

2. What sucks is this is one area I think Obama and the GOP might work together

and find common ground on, because Obama has seemed to embrace the so called "patriot act" and expanded on what Bush started in this area.

I would love to hear Obama say he wants to take a second look at the patriot act and be critical of it, but I'm not holding my breath at this point.