Patriot Act blurred in the public mind

[ironman]

But for many people, the Patriot Act has become a catch-all phrase for a range of controversial - and unrelated - anti-terrorism policies of the administration. A majority of Americans, for example, mistakenly believe that the act authorizes military tribunals for foreign terrorism suspects and that it calls for the indefinite detention of "enemy combatants" captured in Afghanistan (news - web sites) and on U.S. soil. Those policies are based on the president's war powers in the Constitution.

Interesting, balanced read.

[lazydaze]

Good article Pgrote.


A while back, I was joking with some friends, we came to the conclusion that the patriot act made legal, all the things law enforcement has done before, only it was not admissable in court.