Reply #62: That ship already sailed with the USA Patriot Act. [View All]

[mrreowwr_kittty]

It started leaving the port when it became okay for cops to stop you to see if you're wearing a seatbelt or had a drink earlier, or for them to be able to seize your property because drugs were found there. When employers were allowed to demand a urine sample. When credit card companies track your every purchase and sell that information to other companies. You have surveillance cameras on you pretty much everywhere you go. I guarantee your grocer knows more about you than the US Gov't ever will. We have allowed these invasions of our privacy, incrementally, and usually justified by some appeal to "security". FISA schmisa.