Originally Posted by onwebcam

We haven't reached that point just yet.. But the patriot act has been used in numerous unrelated cases. Even drug cases.

Here are just a handful of stupid uses


Mom says Patriot Act stripped son of due process
www.wral.com/news/local/story/5049867/

Sneak-and-peek warrants debated
Patriot Act used to search for evidence in cockfighting case
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/au...rants-debated/

Patriot Act used to prosecute U.S. civilian
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles...patriotact.htm

Patriot Act Used to Clear Out Homeless
http://hightimes.com/news/ht_admin/1840

Or just do some reading here

"On March 9, 2007, a Justice Department audit found that the FBI had "improperly and, in some cases, illegally used the USA PATRIOT Act to secretly obtain personal information" about United States citizens. [1]

On June 15, 2007, following an internal audit finding that FBI agents abused the USA PATRIOT Act power more than 1000 times, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ordered the agency to begin turning over thousands of pages of documents related to the agency's national security letters program.[2]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controv...SA_PATRIOT_Act