[Ramius]

Which parts are those? I've read it, and beyond the hyperbole I read ~about~ it, I haven't yet actually seen anything in it that seems objectionable to me.

Got something specific?

[Darkwolf]

Good point. I was all up for signing petitions and all, and then I actually read substantial portions of the Act. The most notorious one, supposedly, involves seeing library book checkout records, and it's not as it's been represented in the anti-act press.

I think I can be a "true" American and still support it. To those who think I'm not, they know what they can do with that. ;)

[MagnusMaximus1]

Below lists contains some of the most distinguished opposition to the so-called "Patriot Act" is from the "Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances" website. Specific reasons to repeal it are listed there.

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Alliance Members

Members of Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances urge Congress to review and, where necessary, amend provisions of the Patriot Act to bring them in-line with the Constitution.

Rep. Bob Barr, Chairman, PRCB
Former Member of Congress (R-GA)

Brad Jansen
Adjunct Scholar, Competitive Enterprise Institute

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

American Civil Liberties Union

American Conservative Union

Americans for Tax Reform

American Policy Center

Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Eagle Forum

Free Congress Foundation

Libertarian Party

Gun Owners of America

Second Amendment Foundation

“The members of our Alliance are concerned about efforts by Congress and the Administration to make all the temporary powers of the Patriot Act permanent, without any recognition of the serious reservations many law-biding Americans have about secrets searches of their homes and their possessions by federal agents, as well as other far-reaching provisions.”
Bob Barr, Chairman, Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances