Violates the Fourth Amendment, which says the government cannot conduct a search without obtaining a warrant and showing probable cause to believe that the person has committed or will commit a crime.

Violates the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech by prohibiting the recipients of search orders from telling others about those orders, even where there is no real need for secrecy.

Violates the First Amendment by effectively authorizing the FBI to launch investigations of American citizens in part for exercising their freedom of speech.

Violates the Fourth Amendmentby failing to provide notice - even after the fact - to persons whose privacy has been compromised. Notice is also a key element of due process, which is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.

Violates the Fourth Amendment, which says the government cannot conduct a search without obtaining a warrant and showing probable cause to believe that the person has committed or will commit a crime.

Violates the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech by prohibiting the recipients of search orders from telling others about those orders, even where there is no real need for secrecy.

Violates the First Amendment by effectively authorizing the FBI to launch investigations of American citizens in part for exercising their freedom of speech.

Violates the Fourth Amendmentby failing to provide notice - even after the fact - to persons whose privacy has been compromised. Notice is also a key element of due process, which is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.

They can't, because unless you are actually participating in highly questionable and suspect activities that are perceived to be a thread to national Security, it actually doesn't...

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This tells me that liberals actually don't pay attention to anything except the (D) on the election ballot... No wonder the party's own symbol is an ASS! :tinfoilhat:

Don't assume everyone that thinks Bush is an idiot, a war monger, a puppet, a thief, or a fascist is automatically a Clintonophile or even a Democrat.

So, the only thing that has changed, is the actual legality of what has already been taking place all along.

Portland's FBI Special Agent in Charge, Robert Jordan, said the error, based on a "substandard" copy of the prints, will prompt the agency to review its guidelines for making identifications and ask an international panel of experts to analyze what went wrong.

He also apologized to Mayfield, a former Army officer and Muslim convert who was mistakenly arrested earlier this month as a material witness in the March 11 terrorist attack that killed 191 and wounded some 2,000.

The collapse of the Mayfield case also is providing ammunition to critics of the Bush administration's homefront handling of the war on terror. Mayfield was never charged with a crime but was arrested as a material witness with possible information about the Madrid bombing. The use of the material-witness statute has emerged as a controversial legal tactic in the war on terrorism, and Mayfield added his voice to the critics.

Mayfield said he suspected authorities had him under surveillance and entered his home in the days before his arrest under the "sneak and peek" search warrants allowed by the Patriot Act. Mayfield said he and his wife noticed that a deadbolt lock they don't use had been locked and found other signs that someone had been in their home.

Section 215 is a real b----. Simply by typing this, I've "authorized" the FBI to go into whatever records of mine they want. They don't have to tell me about it, and even if they do, they can forbid me to tell anyone else, including my attorney, who I won't have anyway, because I never knew that my privacy was violated in the first place.

The current Democratic House & Senate (while b---- about wars), have actually placed us in more wars than any others in history. Clinton specifically had us in more than any other single President!

Any time you hear the words "material witness" in regards to terrorism, you're hearing about the USA Patriot Act in use.

How many of the thousands held as material witnesses deserved what they got?

Thousands? Do you have anything to support this number?

Nope. Do you know why I can't cite a source for that number?

Because nobody can. Nobody, but the administration knows how many were detained. Nobody knows the names of everybody who was detained and nobody knows whether or not any of them are still being detained.

Nope. Do you know why I can't cite a source for that number?

Because nobody can. Nobody, but the administration knows how many were detained. Nobody knows the names of everybody who was detained and nobody knows whether or not any of them are still being detained.

The current Democratic House & Senate (while b---- about wars), have actually placed us in more wars than any others in history. Clinton specifically had us in more than any other single President!

I would rather have a "puppet", than a President that simply signs bills into law under "Executive Order", without ever allowing them to be voted on - Clinton signed many this way, thus actually creating a fascist dictatorship of sorts, all to the delight of his supporting Democrats.

The ACLU has a good bit of info.

http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12263&c=206

If you are really interested in why people might disagree with the Patriot Act, this is a good read.