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On the recordFebruary 16, 2011
I believe the Patriot Act represents the cracked domestic crown jewel of a disastrous global war on terror which led us to attack Iraq based on lies, invade Afghanistan based on a misreading of history, indulge in occupations which having fueled insurgencies, expand war to Pakistan and other countries, demonstrating a total lack of common sense. So the Patriot Act issues from a pestiferous soil laced with lies and distortions. We've created a national security state which threatens our Constitution and weakens our basic liberties. This is not about whether you're Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, but whether we can actually realize that we have been sold a bill of goods, lies about WMDs, and questions about the nature of an anthrax attack, which caused us all too willingly to limit our civil liberties. Freedom isn't free, and we shouldn't freely give our freedoms away.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio
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govinfo.gov
Feb 16, 2011

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Kucinich critiques the Patriot Act and its implications for civil liberties and national security.

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