Are the 'Patriot Act' and 'Military Commissions Act' not 'Acts of Tyranny'?

Question

I asked this question in Law and Ethics... what say you in Government?

"When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny." ~Thomas Jefferson

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Answer 1

Yes, they most certainly are!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjALf12PA...  Watch this.

Answer 2

EVERY patriotic American ought to read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by American journalist Wiliam L Shirer... NOW!

It's time for you to lose your innocence - ignorance may be bliss, but it did nothing for the Germans!

Answer 3

Absolutely. The Patriot Act isn't about protecting us from terrorists, it's about taking our rights away!

Bush has just done it again with a wiretapping Bill, but at least this time the American Civil Liberties Union said it would challenge the new law in court. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_o...

Answer 4

h**l NO!! THEY ARE A VURTUAL CARBON COPY OF THE GERMAN ENABILATING ACTS OF THE NINETEEN THIRTYS!!