Obama Embraces Patriot Act; As Senator He Was Skeptical


	Obama Embraces Patriot Act; As Senator He Was Skeptical

zizzy

9-16-2009 9:17 AM

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zizzy says:

I would like to hear the speech that explains this "embrace" of the Patriot Act.

[The Investigative Data Warehouse] which collects and stores records on thousands of Americans; what the data includes is unclear; how many Americans are part of the database is unclear; the safeguards in place to prevent abuse is also unclear.

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