Obama set to extend the Patriot Act

I like to apologize to Hillary Clinton. Should of voted for you as it now appears you were the only candidate with balls.

here are the specific provisions set to be extended according to http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/09/obama-backs-expiring-patriot-act-spy-pr...

*A secret court, known as the FISA court, may grant “roving wiretaps” without the government identifying the target. Generally, the authorities must assert that the target is an agent of a foreign power and/or a suspected terrorist. The government said Tuesday that 22 such warrants — which allow the monitoring of any communication device — have been granted annually.

*The FISA court may grant warrants for “business records,” from banking to library to medical records. Generally, the government must assert that the records are relevant to foreign intelligence gathering and/or a terrorism investigation. The government said Tuesday that 220 of these warrants had been granted between 2004 and 2007. It said 2004 was the first year those powers were used.

*A so-called “lone wolf” provision, enacted in 2004, allows FISA court warrants for the electronic monitoring of an individual even without showing that the person is an agent of a foreign power or a suspected terrorist. The government said Tuesday it has never invoked that provision, but said it wants to keep the authority to do so.
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Basically, these things wont apply to you.. unless, you know.. you are involved in some kind of international sketchy activity. Obviously, on the surface this extension of these measures of the Patriot Act sound like huge trespasses against everyone's civil liberties but if you'll see, the first two provisions can only be used if the government can assert that the person in question is an agent of a foreign power (aka not the average citizen) and the "lone wolf" provision, which is more broad, has never even been used! All they are doing is keeping their options open so they can try to keep us safe. Obviously, if the government has reason to believe that someone is plotting something, they should be allowed to investigate it. I'm sorry but the government is really not interested in your facebook chats, gmail messages to your boyfriend or internet shopping history.

This is not what we voted for, this guy duped us all!

can our government be held accountable for anything?
- by the people and for the people -

I'm just laughing my ass off that a right wing nut has used a Russian news clip to promote the propaganda that President Obama's agenda is no different from Bush's. The hypocrisy is occuring on so many levels it is hilarious.

You want change? Call congress, voice your feelings, remind them that they took an oath to uphold the constitution. If 10 million people / voters call, the government will start to take us seriously. We must get informed and involved.

meet the new boss...

Obama is just showing how weak he is by letting these puppeteers in suits come up with his so called "Change" slogan and now they're telling him how to exercise his presidency by telling him what to do! I hope this act is not one of the many steps towards ultimately destroying our constitution.

so whats new?...Obama sucks

i like to call it the treason act