Anonymous_Leaker to Today I LearnedEnglish · 22 hours agoTIL That the government's mass surveillance programs operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, have never stopped an act of terrorism.www.aclu.orgexternal-linkmessage-square163linkfedilinkarrow-up1999arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1987arrow-down1external-linkTIL That the government's mass surveillance programs operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, have never stopped an act of terrorism.www.aclu.orgAnonymous_Leaker to Today I LearnedEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square163linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebagsylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·15 hours agoPeople forget Bush was head of the CIA, its all too coincidental that the government ended up with super spy powers on his watch.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_InlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·15 hours agoThe patriot act was bipartisan. Much of its rejected proposals were ultimately recycled as the USAPATRIOT Act of 2001 with Joe Biden’s vocal endorsement.
minus-squarestopdropandprolelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours agopretty sure that was his father, George H W Bush, who served as president years before 9/11 and patriot act
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoCorrect, only Bush father was director for the CIA for one year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush
People forget Bush was head of the CIA, its all too coincidental that the government ended up with super spy powers on his watch.
The patriot act was bipartisan.
Much of its rejected proposals were ultimately recycled as the USAPATRIOT Act of 2001 with Joe Biden’s vocal endorsement.
AIPAC Uniparty.
pretty sure that was his father, George H W Bush, who served as president years before 9/11 and patriot act
Correct, only Bush father was director for the CIA for one year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush