Counterterrorism Blog
Impediments to Counterterrorism Efforts in the United States
Why was the PATRIOT Act enacted? Why does the CIA operate secret detention and intelligence facilities? Why has the number of National Security Letters issued by the FBI increased significantly? The answer is simple…to preserve national security and prevent another 9/11.
Apparently, select interest groups in the United States have either lost sight of this undisputable fact or have chosen to disregard it in deference to their parochial agendas. Unfortunately, over the past few weeks, considerable public attention focused on the PATRIOT Act, CIA secret facilities and FBI National Security Letters…dangerously casting each in the wrong light and threatening their continuity.
the whole thing is worth the read
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Raven on 20 Nov 2005 at 07:55 #
Those who want to see the PA taken down are guilty of whatever it is the PA is actually allowing LE agencies to do…as in checking up on what people are reading at public libraries and similar things. While I don’t like the idea of big brother doing this, I’m not doing anyting I wouldn’t tell the world about anyway. (most the time
I have nothing to hide, but these so called “fredom” lovers DO.