ExtremeDullard comments on 25 years ago today, the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush, authorizing indefinite detention without trial, warrantless surveillance and physical searches, and much more.

25 years ago today, the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush, authorizing indefinite detention without trial, warrantless surveillance and physical searches, and much more. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Patriot Act Titles

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Patriot_Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversial_invocations_of_the_Patriot_Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-terrorism,_Crime_and_Security_Act_2001 - similar law passed in the UK the following month
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Freedom_Act - followup passed by Obama in 2015 to make permanent some aspects of PATRIOT which were due to sunset

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[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

War Is Peace.
Freedom Is Slavery.
Ignorance Is Strength.

Neither Dubya nor Trump have invented this.

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[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

No but that’s not stopping them from using it.

V for Vendetta hit theaters 4 years after 9/11 and even though it was an old story, those of us who’d protested the war in Iraq and before that, Bush’s steeling of the election, saw ourselves in that story.

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[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 1 point 1 week ago

You might soon get to live out the story for real. Because if you think Trump will let the dems win the midterms, you're dreaming.

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