From: "Robert Comer" 

>I don't think so.

That's the problem.

Without the patriot act someone like this truck driver would have been
investigated just as much, but it would have been by the book.  Now, sure,
this guy will be investigated with little interference, but so will
everyone else he has been around, anyone who might comment on the case, or
anyone in the same city, or ....., whether there is reason to investigate
them or not

The patriot act is an abomination to the laws and ideals of this land.

- Bob Comer 


"Mark Hessey"  wrote in message
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>
> "Steve Ewing"  wrote: Oh, yes, before
the Patriot Act the
> FBI was consigned to the occasional
> > rum-runner, Lindbergh kidnapper, and folks transporting girls across
state
> > lines for immoral purposes.  Oh, and serial killers making "vests with
> > tits".
>
> Nah, not quite that handcuffed, but there was a big problem with
> communication between the various agencies during the investigation of the
> first WTC attempt.
>
> The charecterization by the news blurb on Fox about this chemical plant
> incident was "no terrorist connection is presumed" yea,
sure, the guy is
> "just taking pictures of ammonia tanks," but happens to have a gun and
pull
> it and shoot the guard when he pulls up.
>
> I'll be happy to see them pulling the library records, wiretapping, and
> otherwise "violating his civil rights" and those of his
buddies after they
> track him down. We'll not hear anymore about it and he won't know what
> they're doing either until they can grab any and all of his cohorts too.
And
> I should want to stop this progress because I'm afraid they'll see I took
> "name your evil title" out of the library? I don't think so.
>
>

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