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Patriot Act Expiration

Authored by Michael Pate on January 21st, 2004 at 7:20 AM

Best moment of the State of the Union — Bush says the Patriot Act is about to expire. Applause. Indeed. It’s good that Bush is making a campaign issue of the Patriot Act. - Dave Winer

The group I was with thought so, too.

Key provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire next year. (Applause.) The terrorist threat will not expire on that schedule. (Applause.) Our law enforcement needs this vital legislation to protect our citizens. You need to renew the Patriot Act. (Applause.) - State of the Union

We couldn’t stop laughing at how naive that group was when he read the next line which got a thunderous applause. But this paraph below was actually my favorite paragraph and one that you will probably see cited around here in the future.

I know that some people question if America is really in a war at all. They view terrorism more as a crime, a problem to be solved mainly with law enforcement and indictments. After the World Trade Center was first attacked in 1993, some of the guilty were indicted and tried and convicted, and sent to prison. But the matter was not settled. The terrorists were still training and plotting in other nations, and drawing up more ambitious plans. After the chaos and carnage of September the 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers. The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States, and war is what they got. (Applause.)

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