Author Of Patriot Act Now Seeks To Limit Government Surveillance

[JDPriestly]

31. The entire Patriot Act needs to be rewritten.

It's a mess. Much too vague and broad.

We do need laws to stop terrorists, but this law reaches almost everyone who might possibly buy a loaf of bread or a charm bracelet from some kook who then goes out and puts a bomb somewhere. You give some change to a beggar on the street or walk down the street or take some insane person in as a boarder who then does something crazy and the law is so poorly written that you could conceivably be suspected as a co-conspirator. It's so poorly written.

It was probably well meant, but I remember in 2001 sitting at a table talking about the law with people who should have known. I was the only one who pointed out the problem. Where are the people who are supposed to be guarding our legal system and our freedoms. They talk big, but they don't read well and they never speak up. It's shameful.