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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (6296)	1/20/2006 12:31:54 AM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 15857

Yes, at the very least it's poor timing by the government with all the "monitoring phone call" headlines lately. Something else just occurred to me related to this issue. How many steps have been taken to prevent companies such as Google from mining the same sort of information for their own purposes? And should any be taken? We all want to believe corporations use data for business building purposes only, but can we really be sure of that? Just a rambling thought...

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (6296)	1/20/2006 1:33:01 AM
From: Sr K	Respond to of 15857

If you oppose the "Patriot act" call it by its anagram: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001'. It's not Patriot, it's not patriotic, it's not uniting, it's not strengthening America, it's not appropriate tools, the tools are not all required, and Congress passed it on 10/24/2001 in a height of emotion, without reading it, because it is practically impossible to read. And those who voted for it will not acknowledge they didn't know what they were voting on. I wish it just expired, and Congress took some time to decide what really is appropriate and required. The Senate takes this up again early February.