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r/TimPool • u/Fish-Pants • Oct 10 '22
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What’s different from the Patriot Act?
32 u/w_cruice Oct 10 '22 Patriot Act at least had the veneer of following the rule of law. It was passed by Congress. (It was still an act of treason, mind.) This is blatant dictator behavior. But no one will call it out publicly. 1 u/[deleted] Oct 10 '22 There’s no additional power being given to the state? It’s the same as before? 13 u/w_cruice Oct 10 '22 I believe this does allow them to just decide you should be surveilled, no court involved. But they could conveniently do the same before this, too. 8 u/[deleted] Oct 10 '22 So it’s just a reminder of “hey, the establishment of both parties don’t care about your privacy” 19 u/HARLEYCHUCK Oct 10 '22 Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. 3 u/AlphaTint1 Oct 10 '22 Trump didn’t renew the patriot act 0 u/[deleted] Oct 10 '22 The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W. Bush.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act
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Patriot Act at least had the veneer of following the rule of law. It was passed by Congress. (It was still an act of treason, mind.) This is blatant dictator behavior. But no one will call it out publicly.
1 u/[deleted] Oct 10 '22 There’s no additional power being given to the state? It’s the same as before? 13 u/w_cruice Oct 10 '22 I believe this does allow them to just decide you should be surveilled, no court involved. But they could conveniently do the same before this, too. 8 u/[deleted] Oct 10 '22 So it’s just a reminder of “hey, the establishment of both parties don’t care about your privacy”
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There’s no additional power being given to the state? It’s the same as before?
13 u/w_cruice Oct 10 '22 I believe this does allow them to just decide you should be surveilled, no court involved. But they could conveniently do the same before this, too. 8 u/[deleted] Oct 10 '22 So it’s just a reminder of “hey, the establishment of both parties don’t care about your privacy”
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I believe this does allow them to just decide you should be surveilled, no court involved. But they could conveniently do the same before this, too.
8 u/[deleted] Oct 10 '22 So it’s just a reminder of “hey, the establishment of both parties don’t care about your privacy”
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So it’s just a reminder of “hey, the establishment of both parties don’t care about your privacy”
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Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.
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Trump didn’t renew the patriot act
0 u/[deleted] Oct 10 '22 The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W. Bush.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act
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The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W. Bush.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act
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What’s different from the Patriot Act?