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The editorial page of President Bush's home newspaper in Texas, the Waco Tribune Herald, had this to say about the "Patriot" Act and the push to expand its reach.

"This is just the opposite direction Congress should be heading. It should be putting the brakes on the accelerating assault on civil liberties inherent in the Patriot Act.

Congress needs to rein in the act's provisions that allow "sneak, peak" searches for people who aren't suspected of terrorism or espionage. The over-arching invasion of privacy and lack of due process in routine matters far outside of the "war on terrorism" is the real problem with the Patriot Act.

In the 1960s people's homes were searched and they were subject to surveillance because of their beliefs and not because of any crime they'd committed or of which they'd even been suspected.

The Patriot Act portends similar over-reactions in the name of the "war on terrorism." When a judge is convinced that invasive action fits within that war, he or she will consent.

Need a warrant? Tell it to a judge."

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