C'mon Bill...
As a "news"man, you should be aware of the news. You wanted a case of someone harmed by the "Patriot" Act? As a "news"man, I would expect that you would have heard about the story of Brandon Mayfield. Brandon Mayfield is an Oregon lawyer whose home was searched surreptitiously under the Patriot Act after "his" fingerprints were discovered on some material related to the Madrid bombings of 3/11. I'm sure the story is FAR MORE complicated but it ended up with the FBI issuing an apology to Mayfield because they realized after a couple of weeks that he didn't have a damn thing to do with Madrid. They have to hate it when that happens. Mayfield was lucky that his innocence was discovered quickly. The detention of Mayfield is a glaring example of what is wrong with the Patriot Act. Two weeks ago, Ashcroft gave a speech talking about how wonderful the Patriot Act is. There's no mention of Brandon Mayfield.
Health news...
A company released a report today saying that an average of about 195,000 people died in hospitals from medical errors in 2000, 2001, and 2002. Remind me to stay out of the hospital...
Speeches from Boston? Get'em here. There's been some pretty good stuff. However, I'll never vote for those in question.
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