how are we to know that the information the government is gathering is purely for the sake of terrorism? Other then simply trusting that they are not abusing their power. I know I have posted another question of this regard but this one is in all seriousness. The Patriot Act is the means in which the government can collect given information on certain individuals under certain circumstances, but in the context of law and act, you can start to see that certain aspects could easily be stretched. With no proper means of compensation of wrongful accusations by the government, where does our protection from such abuses come from? Throughout history it has been observed the rise and fall of empires, through lack of trust or too much trust, so there must develop an equilibrium between these two. According the Professor of Economics at my University, Penn State, the Patriot Act could indeed lead the destruction of the United States economic system through the decay of these morals.
2007-03-11
22:20:40
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