Should the PATRIOT Act have been renewed?
Photo of a protest against the Patriot Act (Image by Flickr user mlliu (cc:by-nd-nc))
Some of the most controversial aspects of the PATRIOT Act have been extended. Julian Sanchez, a research fellow at the CATO institute focusing on issues of civil liberty, surveillance, intelligence and national security, discusses the act and its extension.
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