Shouldn't you have freedom from gov't spying on your peaceful activities? The Bolsheviks didn't think so, neither does the US gov't these days, especially the red-faced Republican Hardliners who used to foam at the mouth while criticizing the USSR for authoritarian gov't.
"Recent revelations that the FBI has been gathering thousands of pages of intelligence on such organizations as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the environmental group Greenpeace. Other groups that have been part of peaceful protests find that they are being investigated as well. "There is no need to open a counterterrorism file when people are simply exercising their First Amendment rights," says Ann Beeson, associate legal director of the ACLU." America wrestles with privacy vs. security, AP, Fri. July 22, 2005,
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"Civil libertarians have strongly opposed the measures, which give law enforcement officials access to educational, financial and medical records without having to show probable cause of a crime.
It also allows police and prosecutors to access details of an individual's Internet activities and correspondence without probable cause or consent, among other measures." US House votes to renew sweeping 'Patriot Act' supervision laws, AP, Fri Jul 22,10:29 AM ET
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