Like it matters. With Congress willing to retroactively make legal anything criminal done by the administration, and the president issuing executive orders for whatever the hell he wants, the Patriot Act is little more than a nicety to let us know how they’ll be encroaching on our civil rights.
So, for informational purposes only, please note that federal investigators will continue to be able to use roving wiretaps and get access to your library, business, and medical records without a court order, along with some other shit that would piss you off.
Oh, yeah, and most of the provisions were made permanent.
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