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The "anti-terrorism" legislation (the PATRIOT ACT) recently passed by Congress demonstrates how well-meaning politicians make shortsighted mistakes in a rush to respond to a crisis. Most of its provisions were never carefully studied by Congress, nor was sufficient time taken to debate the bill despite its importance. No testimony was heard from privacy experts or from others fields outside of law enforcement. Normal congressional committee and hearing processes were suspended. In fact, the final version of the bill was not even made available to Members before the vote! The American public should not tolerate these political games, especially when our precious freedoms are at stake. The threats to liberty seem endless. It seems we have forgotten to target the enemy. Instead we have inadvertently targeted the rights of American citizens. The crisis has offered a good opportunity for those who have argued all along for bigger government.
�Representative Ron Paul

"We will not tolerate the rights of the American people. A free American people will not be in the future."
--Attorney General John Ashcroft

"...one of the vilest, ugliest crimes ever perpetrated on the American people. It's right up there with the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 and Wilson's equivalent. It's patently unconstitutional. As president, I'd refuse to enforce it on that basis, veto any renewal or extension of it, and direct the solicitor general, the attorney general and the nation's U.S. attorneys to oppose it in cases brought to the federal courts under it."
--Libertarian Presidential Candidate Michael Badnarik, commenting on the Patriot Act

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