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Patriot Act has benefits, no danger.(The Orlando Sentinel)
Byline: Peter A. Brown
From the flak the Patriot Act is drawing, you would think it rivals the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans as the greatest violation of civil liberties in U.S. history.
Yet no one is giving the legislation any credit (and I cross my fingers as I write this) for the absence of new domestic terrorism since the law was passed in the wake of Sept. 11.
Actually, even those who see the law as a travesty can't find many tangible examples of it abusing citizens' rights. Nevertheless, it has spawned lawsuits and non-cooperation from some lefty local governments, plus Alaska and Hawaii.
In addition, ACLU types are upset that it is also being used to catch drug dealers, white-collar criminals and other felons who might have escaped scrutiny without its existence.
Some even complain that the Patriot Act was used to seize $1.7 billion in assets belonging to Saddam Hussein's regime and given to the occupation authority there.
What a terrible thing.
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