Spitzer a Patriot Act victim?
The USA Patriot Act, which was initially rammed through in the post-9/11 frenzy with virtually no debate, truly is a law of unintended consequences. The government is using it to gather a ton of data on citizens who have nothing to do with terrorism. For example, Eliot Spitzer.
The USA Patriot Act, which was initially rammed through in the post-9/11 frenzy with virtually no debate, truly is a law of unintended consequences. The government is using it to gather a ton of data on citizens who have nothing to do with terrorism.
For example, Eliot Spitzer:
Interestingly, the New York Times has a fair and balanced -- seriously -- piece out on the legal dilemma posed by the Spitzer case. To boil it down, the feds pretty much never go against a prostitution client with the massive barrage, including full-blown surveillance -- used on Spitzer -- BUT they do have different standards from wrongdoing by a high-ranking public official, which Spitzer was.
The Patriot Act info is a little more disturbing, to me. Hopefully the next president will sit down with the new Congress and restore a proper balance, because when the government's involved, there is such a thing as too much information.