Government
Oct. 27, 2011
The 'Unpatriotic’ Act: 10 years later
Due to the unprecedented secrecy, we still do not know the full extent of what has been done under the USA Patriot Act.
Stephen F. Rohde
Email: rohdevictr@aol.com
Stephen is a retired civil liberties lawyer and contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, is author of American Words for Freedom and Freedom of Assembly.
The USA Patriot Act became law 10 years ago today. It passed the U.S. Senate by an overwhelming vote of 96-1, with only Sen. Russ Feingold (D. Wisc.) in dissent, voicing deep concerns about the impact the new law would have on civil liberties and privacy rights.
During the brief debate over the Act, Feingold observed that the "Founders who wrote our Constitution and Bill of Rights exercised that vigilance even though they had recently fought and won the Revolutionary War. They did...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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