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Patriot Act tour carried a hefty price tag
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-10-12

He may not have trashed any hotel rooms, but U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft spent over $200,000 of taxpayer money in a four-week, 31-city tour last year promoting the controversial USA PATRIOT Act, according to a report by Congressional auditors released Tuesday.

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Patriot Act tour carried a hefty price tag 2004-10-13
Anonymous (3 replies)
Patriot Act tour carried a hefty price tag 2004-10-14
Anonymous (1 replies)
Patriot Act tour carried a hefty price tag 2004-10-14
Anonymous (1 replies)
Patriot Act tour carried a hefty price tag 2004-10-15
Anonymous


Internet license huh? You don't have any problem with being tapped until paramilitary secret policy kick down your door, kick your teeth in, destroy your property, interrogates your friends and neighbors and drag your name through the mud, and essentially destroying your naieve life as you knew it. Doesn't matter that your system was compromised without you knowing it and it was a case of mistaken identity. After all, it was a national security issue that you could have been a terrorist or harboring them so what's your life or rights matter compared to the rest of the American People?

Not only do you need a history lesson, you obviously fell asleep in high school economics class too. It's not the government's fault you have spam, or such buggy software on your winbox that you got owned up and your teeth kicked in. That's econ 101 kid, called the market forces of supply and demand of a free society. You should check it out.

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Patriot Act tour carried a hefty price tag 2004-10-14
Benjamin Franklin (1 replies)
Patriot Act tour carried a hefty price tag 2004-10-19
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