the Patriot Act on drugs

The Patriot Act is back in the news today - as if it ever left. After September 11, during the debate over the Patriot Act, the Bush White House argued successfully for the authority to covertly break into any home in America anytime in a search for terrorists or their supporters. Their belief was that it didn't make sense to tell anyone they were under investigation - why give them a head's up before sneaking in and taking a look around? In Congress today, Senator Russ Feingold, the lone vote against the Patriot Act when it passed, quizzed Asst. Attorney General David Kris on the 763 "sneak and peek" operations conducted in 2008. Senator Feingold wondered aloud why only 3 of those 763 were terrorist cases, and why 65% (or 495) were drug cases. Instead of constructing a plausible connection, Kris just said he wasn't surprised at all. Although, if you watch the YouTube video it sure seems like Kris was surprised... Feingold pledged to introduce an amendment to curb such abuses in the future. Anyone wanna take a guess if it will pass?

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