Do you support extending PATRIOT act provisions?

[ZombieHorde]

This poll was inspired by the following thread in Latest Breaking News.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4060844#4061727">President Obama supports extending Patriot Act provisions

[wtbymark]

1. That shit needs to go away

it spits in the face of the constitution and the people who wrote it.

[Bluerthanblue]

2. no, on this I disagree with the Administration.

:shrug:

[lamp_shade]

3. Were all provisions extended or just some of them?

[ZombieHorde]

5. Only three of them according the article in the thread I liked to.

"From 2004 to 2007, the business records provision was used 220 times, officials said. Most often, the business records were requested in combination with requests for phone records.

The lone wolf provision was created to conduct surveillance on suspects with no known link to foreign governments or terrorist groups. It has never been used, but the administration says it should still be available for future investigations.

The roving wiretaps provision was designed to allow investigators to quickly monitor the communications of a suspects who change their cell phone or communication device, without investigators having to go back to court for a new court authorization. That provision has been used an average of 22 times a year, officials said."

I personally don't know how I feel about these provisions.

eta http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090915/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_patriot_act">this link.

[insanity]

4. Get rid of the whole damn thing.

It is legislative, bureaucratic, and legal nightmare.

Also, it flies in the face of the Constitution.

[jimmyflint]

6. Obama needs to stick to his promise.

and scrap it.

[Aloha Spirit]

38. You're incorrect

He promised to revise it, not dismantle it.

[jimmyflint]

40. I don't know what he said for sure

I am not the only one
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/did-obama-break-his-campa_b_288112.html

[bigwillq]

7. No.

It needs to be repealed.

[karynnj]

8. Even Feingold spoke of agreeing with some pretty high percent

of even the original bill (I think he said 80%). The second bill removed some, but not all of the bad things. (In fact, when it passed some senators even wrote a new bill that was introduced that would make those changes - that could not have passed with a veto proof margin then. Now is the time to fix it and, with a President, who is a Constitutional Law expert make it 100% Constitutional.

An example of things that were needed was legislation against international money laundering that provided the tools to act against international crime rings and terrorists. This was legislation that the banks and their allies fought in the 1990s. Kerry wrote it after his work on BCCI. It's importance was seen after 911.

[Inuca]

16. Yes, I heard Feingold

talking about this with the FBI director yesterday in a hearing. I do not remember the exact details but he sounded quite satisfied with the process of cleaning the act up before it has to be voted on.

I guess that "fix it" is too complex an option, "hell no" is much easier....

[IndianaGreen]

9. If Bush had done this, we would all be howling with outrage.

When Obama does it the board nannies and the Kool-Aid peddlers will accuse us of whining.

[Forkboy]

22. Yep.

Because, to some people, the letter in front of the name means more than what they do.

[Sebastian Doyle]

10. Unconstitutional bullshit, written under false pretenses

And passed by a Congress that didn't even read the piece of shit.

What else needs to be said about it?

[Vidar]

11. Hell no!

[MadBadger]

12. Depends on the provision

[ProSense]

13. A bill to amend the Patriot Act is introduced

A bill to amend the Patriot Act is introduced:

109th CONGRESS

2d Session

S . 2369
To require a more reasonable period for delayed-notice search warrants, to provide enhanced judicial review of FISA orders and national security letters, to require an enhanced factual basis for a FISA order, and to create national security letter sunset provisions.


IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 6, 2006
Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. SALAZAR, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. OBAMA, and Mr. KERRY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

[IndianaGreen]

14. PATRIOT should be repealed outright, not given Band-Aids

Our liberties are not for Congress to throw under the bus.

[ProSense]

27. You will have a hard time convincing Congress

Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold
On the Administration Secretly Seeking Information on 3501 Americans Last Year

April 29, 2006

"I am pleased that one 'sunshine' provision in the Patriot Act reauthorization has given the public a chance to see how often the administration has obtained the business records of Americans. It should not have taken an Act of Congress for this information to be made public. But it does demonstrate why Congress must make a few more critical changes to the Patriot Act, including a check on the government's power to obtain Americans' sensitive business records. Judiciary Committee Chairman Specter has introduced legislation containing those modifications, and I hope that we can pass that bill this year."

[IndianaGreen]

28. Our corrupt Congress passed PATRIOT without reading it

They also gave immunity to telecoms, and gave the green light to military kangaroo courts and warrantless searches.

We should really storm Congress and the White House and install a truly people's democracy, before the other side (from both parties) succeeds in installing a fascist dictatorship.

[ProSense]

30. Yell all you want to, the bill has its purpose.

Kerry wrote the money laundering sections of the current bill:

In 2000, Kerry introduced legislation to provide the federal government with the authority to make the laundering of money more difficult for criminals and terrorists. That legislation became Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, which provides the federal government with the authority to leverage the power of United States financial markets to move countries like Syria and Lebanon to reform and enforce their counter-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing laws.

“The measured use of Section 311 authority against Syria and Lebanon provides the United States an opportunity to demonstrate leadership in the fight against international terrorism and money laundering.”

The Secretary of State has designated Syria as a state whose government has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism and has provided designated foreign terrorist organizations, such as Hamas and Hizballah, with sanctuary. The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), a group of federal agencies with anti-money laundering responsibilities, has classified Syria as a country to be monitored for potential money laundering. There have been a number of published reports stating that individuals from Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi regime have attempted to move to Syria and may be using the its financial system to divert funds which have been stolen from the Iraqi people.

The Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has conducted an analysis of the Suspicious Activity Reporting System (SAR) related to Lebanon for the period of January 2002 through October 2003. The FinCEN analysis has revealed 286 SARs that could be linked to transactions associated with suspicious or fraudulent wire transfer activities between Lebanon and other countries. Many of these transactions were structured in an attempt to avoid reporting requirements. Two of the SARs describe the reason for their filing as directly related to possible terrorist activities.

People just scream stuff they know nothing about. The bad parts of the bill can be repealed and the weak parts strengthened.

[mvd]

37. I agree; probably everything there needs a second look

If there is a part of the Act that may be good, then pass it on its own.

[earth mom]

15. Where's the HELL NO option?!

:grr:

[Dinger]

17. O.K., Who Voted "Yes"?

C'mon, tell.

[karynnj]

18. I did and I gave my reason for why an AMENDED Patriot Act is needed

The tools against money laundering by international crime rings and terrorists would be needed EVEN if it were just for money laundering by anyone. (ie tax evasion alone is enough a reason.) I see from the comments others who mention the same thing.

Your post sounds nearly bullying. I actually am disappointed that so many are siding with you, without bothering to wait to see what will be in the bill.

[Bluenorthwest]

20. Ok, show me how those provisions uncovered those who

sold the airlines short on 9-11. We all heard about piles of money being made on the day, and how we were going to find out who did it. The money was paid to them. And yet, and yet, I bet even those who support this crap can not tell me what they found, or name one person busted for that most vile form of 'trading'.
So while you suggest that those who do not agree with you are bullies, you are failing to deliver the detailed results that might support your claim that this law works in anyway. Who profited from 9-11 in the markets? When were they prosecuted?
Yep. You have no results to show. None. Just a painting of others with adjectives, coupled as always with a dose of self importance-you being disappointed is probably not an issue for anyone but you, you know.

[dionysus]

19. damn, 8 people voted yes?

:crazy:

[Ignis]

26. Today must be Opposite Day in some counties.

:shrug:

[EndElectoral]

21. Against Single Payer, For Extending Patriot Act, Expansion of Troops Abroad - Dem or Repub ideas?

[Lerkfish]

23. who are those 8 people that support that?

sheesh.

[Soylent Brice]

24. K&R

8 votes for yes...

:wtf:

[Umbral]

25. I would expect a Democratic President and a Democratic Congress to rescind the Patriot Act -

in its entirety. Apparently, I've been misled about the substance of Democratic values.

[IndianaGreen]

29. I expected a Democratic Congress and President to restore our freedoms and give us universal health

but the view from the bottom of the bus is getting quite tiresome.

[joeycola]

31. yup.

[Autumn]

33. Hard to see from under there,

all I see is flop flop flop,

[ProSense]

32. Not likely

Facts

[Umbral]

34. Congress can pass legislation to repeal previous legislation, it's a Fact.

Presidents can sign these repeals into law, another Fact. Democratic involvement (complicity) in the initial legislation doesn't change those Facts.

[treestar]

35. Depends on the provision

Wasn't it a gillion pages long? Maybe some of it didn't suck, or was even good.

[ZombieHorde]

41. "Maybe some of it didn't suck, or was even good."

This is very very possible in my opinion. Some of the provisions may be solid.

[TexasObserver]

36. No, but amending it so that it is REALLY the Patriot Act would be appropriate.

We have a Patriot Act. It's called the Bill of Rights.

[ZombieHorde]

42. Nice.

:toast:

[TexasObserver]

43. We have a Patriot Act. It's called the Bill of Rights.

Yeah, it is kind of catchy.

Pass it around. Put it on bumper sticker or a sign.




Thirty five years ago, I studied Con Law as a first year law student. If you had told me in the 1970s that so many of our rights would have been so eroded by 2009, I could not have believed it. The preceding ten years had seen such dramatic gains in con law. Then the 80s came, and they started taking it all back through a right wing judiciary.

They've gutted the Bill of Rights.

[winyanstaz]

39. The Patriot Act is unconstitutional....

and is simular to Hitler's Enabling Act.
It needs to go and it needs to go now.

[Milo_Bloom]

44. Of course not!

The whole entire thing should be repealed and the small parts that may be useful and constitutional should be brought up individually and enacted into law in that manner.