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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 2004-10-19
Tom Jennings
"...I'm not breaking the law, I don't care if gov't is tracking me..."

You're missing the point. Gov't doesn't always play fair, there is a well-documented record of severe abuse of law-enforcement (for ex.) power to track/interfere w/people and groups some gov't people find inimical to their int...

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