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  • Oh my! (Score:1)

    by sigzero (5768) on 2006.03.28 19:08 (#46846) Journal

    "Where will the US be in 50 years? With the Patriot Act and current government infractions of civil liberties as well as other bills in the pipes that threaten other freedoms, it's too easy to glimpse reality from V's fictional future."

    I think you have seen one conspiracy movie too many. : )

    • While I agree that it may seem farfetched, there are several examples that come to mind.

      First and most jarring [slashdot.org] is a bill that was proposed that would have made it illegal to publicly disclose the existence of US spying programs. In some of those /. comments, people talk about how the Patriot Act is also being used for non-terrorism activities (child porn and drugs). Now I doubt such a bill would pass, but it really shows when the gov't actually proposes such a bill.

      The whole wiretapping thing itself is an
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