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Bush said that the terrorists "attacked freedom"..... but the only people I see attacking our freedom is the bloated and inept government and socialists like yourself. To call this bill the "Patriot Act" is quite fitting, as it will no doubt be used by our government to subvert the Inalienable Rights of many true Patriots in this country.

The solution to the terrorist problem was simple. Declare war on all of the organizations, or simply declare them enemies of the United States. This puts them under the jurisdiction of the military. As Louis Freeh revealed to Congress in 1999, the FBI knows where most of the terrorist cells are. The military can go out and round them up, as they will be prisoners of war. As they wear no uniforms, they are subject to trials by courts martial, as they are saboteurs and spies under rules of war. They can be interrogated as POWs, and then executed by firing squads. End of domestic terrorist cell problem, without passing a bill that can later be used to suppress legitimate political activity of actual American citizens. Now, why won't the government do this? Why pass yet another paper law? What is a paper law going to do to protect us? The "Anti-Terrorist" law passed after the Murrah Building bombing did not stop terrorist acts, but some better CONSTITUTIONAL enforcement and protective actions by the US government COULD have stopped the 9/11 attacks. Why weren't such measures taken, and what makes us think yet ANOTHER paper law will improve the performance of the government in protecting us from terrorists? Muhammed Atta was in the custody, or under investigation by, FOUR DIFFERENT FEDERAL AGENCIES up to 9/11, and all let him walk, including INS, who questioned him about his "Tourist" visa when Atta openly admitted to INS agents at the airport that, as a "tourist," he planned to learn how to fly airliners.