There went the Constitution...

The USA Patriot Act is being used for non-terrorism criminal investigations...

U.S. Uses Terror Law to Pursue Crimes From Drugs to Swindling

as if anyone actually believed the act was designed to fight the immediate threat of terrorism?

how many terrorists has the Patriot Act helped us catch?

my primary criticism of the act is this: there were not any safeguards in the act to protect from this kind of abuse. it should have expressly limited the extension of power to terrorism-related crimes, and no evidence obtained through the extension of power should be used in ordinary criminal prosecution.

otherwise, we are living in a police state.