• variaatio@sopuli.xyz
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    3 days ago

    Which is exactly why people were “this is going to bite us in the behind”, when patriot act and so on was originally done and so on.

    Way easier to change “who is terrorist”, than “give us authorization to do this new thing” in the first place.

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      It’s crazy that many provisions from the Patriot Act are still in effect today.