Civil liberty restrictionists like to say that the restrictions are worth it if they halt even one act of terrorism. What happens if they halt no acts of terrorism? From Michael Krieger at libertyblitzkrieg.com:
FBI agents can’t point to any major terrorism cases they’ve cracked thanks to the key snooping powers in the Patriot Act, the Justice Department’s inspector general said in a report Thursday that could complicate efforts to keep key parts of the law operating.
Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz said that between 2004 and 2009, the FBI tripled its use of bulk collection under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which allows government agents to compel businesses to turn over records and documents, and increasingly scooped up records of Americans who had no ties to official terrorism investigations.
– From the Washington Times article: FBI Admits No Major Cases Cracked with Patriot Act Snooping Powers:
h/t WRSA
They have used illegal wire taps in the past. Why are they wanting to make it legal now. I will tell you why so they can use it in a court to convict their enemies. To make you go away. To explain you away to the rest of the world.
Bingo, sir. They want to use it against people openly and publicly. But I believe the court they are most concerned with is the court of public opinion…
They want *public leave* to have scooped up your every word. Of course, they will only end up using the two or thee ‘best instances’ where you sound “scary”, and they will loop those few phrases together, out of context, and hand them to their propaganda arm (the MSM) to saturate the public mind with.
Once they’ve crucified you in the public mind, the trial and imprisonment are almost moot, from their perspective…
we need to make the FBI illegal , we are sick and tired of there lawlessness from the creature in the black lagoon (white house ).