Obama is Bush's Third Term

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/23-6
Highlighted quotes from the above link:

"Barack Obama administration is quietly supporting renewal of provisions of the George W. Bush-era USA Patriot Act that civil libertarians say infringe on basic freedoms. "

"But with the apparent approval of the Obama White House and a number of Republicans – and over the objections of liberal Senate Democrats including Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Dick Durbin of Illinois – the Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to extend the three provisions with only minor changes."

"Those provisions would leave unaltered the power of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to seize records and to eavesdrop on phone calls and e-mail in the course of counterterrorism investigations."

"The parts of the act due to expire on Dec. 31 deal with:

National Security Letters (NSLs)

The FBI uses NSLs to compel Internet service providers, libraries, banks, and credit reporting companies to turn over sensitive information about their customers and patrons. Using this data, the government can compile vast dossiers about innocent people.

The 'Material Support' Statute

This provision criminalises providing "material support" to terrorists, defined as providing any tangible or intangible good, service or advice to a terrorist or designated group. As amended by the Patriot Act and other laws since Sep. 11, this section criminalises a wide array of activities, regardless of whether they actually or intentionally further terrorist goals or organisations.

FISA Amendments Act of 2008

"This past summer, Congress passed a law that permits the government to conduct warrantless and suspicion-less dragnet collection of U.S. residents' international telephone calls and e-mails. "

"In a report on the Patriot Act, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said, "More than seven years after its implementation there is little evidence that the Patriot Act has been effective in making America more secure from terrorists. However, there are many unfortunate examples that the government abused these authorities in ways that both violate the rights of innocent people and squander precious security resources."

The Patriot Act is Unconstitutional

Brought in to power under George W Bush and resigned into power by Obama...despite promises for CHANGE and ending the wars. WHAT A JOKE! BOTH PARTIES ARE CORRUPT! Please scroll down for a short film from a previous entry describing how the 2 party system is designed to divide Americans...short animation by alex jones...


-Fortunate Son

The Patriot Act and NSA

http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/04/05
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/obama-doj-worse-than-bush


The above links explain how Obama's promise for change and transparency were broken. Obama resigned the Patriot Act and continued to support NSA limitless power to spy on American Citizens. Please understand that the two party system is a joke. It is meant to keep you divided. Obama has simply continued Bush's policies and has actually reduced freedoms and increased government waste and lost of precious human life by continuing the Endless Wars in the Middle East. A Third Party candidate who is rational and believes in the Constitution should be our next President..if we survive until 2012...

"The Obama Administration goes two steps further than Bush did, and claims that the US PATRIOT Act also renders the U.S. immune from suit under the two remaining key federal surveillance laws: the Wiretap Act and the Stored Communications Act. Essentially, the Obama Adminstration has claimed that the government cannot be held accountable for illegal surveillance under any federal statutes."