The USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001.  USA PATRIOT is an acronym that stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.

This shameful piece of legislation was promulgated due to national security fears after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.  That such a deeply flawed law could be devised and passed in six weeks shows how important it is to follow the basic concepts written into our Constitution and Bill of Rights. 

As is the case with so-called “Gun Control” legislation, the Act did very little to protect the average American citizen, but significantly damaged our constitutional rights.  The newly created Transport Security Administration (TSA) allowed Americans to be denied the right to air travel based on unknown and secret parameters, without even the right to appeal the decision.  There were numerous and flagrant abuses of this process in the early days of the Act’s implementation.

Later, under provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) which was first passed in 1978, and later amended and greatly strengthened after the Patriot Act was instituted in 2001, the FISA Court was used to spy on American citizens, Including Donald Trump and members of his campaign team and administration.

Now, under the Biden administration, additional legislation is being proposed which will further impinge on our personal liberties and constitutional protections.  American citizens are in grave danger of losing our rights under the guise of that being for the “Greater Good”.  Tyrants and dictators always gain control over their countries by using these methods, with Venezuela being the latest example in our hemisphere.

American patriots must push back in every possible way to defend our Constitution from those who would destroy it.  These aren’t seditious or insurrectionist concepts, but rather Patriotic ones.  It is past time for us all to figure that out.  The very last thing we need right now is a Biden-Harris administration imposed:

“Patriot Act, Ver. 2.0”