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Originally Posted by 12clicks
diglet, the courts have not said the federal government has misused these powers granted to them, making the rest of your rant meaningless.
by the way, where are you spending your days? doesn't seem like its online.
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I have too many projects coming together just now, can't sit on the boards all day, although I've spent a little too much time here just lately.
back to the piss:
The courts don't HAVE to tell me the govt. is misusing those powers. When some grandma gets her car seized and sold because her grandkid got caught smoking a joint in it I know without being told the govt. is misusing the forfeiture laws. They only take cars that have no payments due.
When the govt. uses RICO powers to bust the cumonherface.com crew, I don't NEED the courts to tell me they're misusing thier power. That power was only given to them to go after organized crime, not people like me and you and some 17 yr old smoking a joint in a 67 Dodge Dart.
There have already been several cases of local prosecutors using the Patriot Act out of context in criminal investigations.