On October 26, 2001, President George W. Bush signed into law the USA Patriot Act. It was in the aftermath of the attacks on 9\/11, and Americans were desperate for a sense of security. But now, 21 years later, we can see the Patriot Act for what it truly is: an overreach in power by our government and a threat to the civil liberties of all Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
21 years later, we can see the Patriot Act for what it truly is: an overreach in power by our government and a threat to the civil liberties of all Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":10991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[559,575,207,1114,503],"content-type":[3488],"coauthors":[2065],"class_list":["post-10990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","tag-joe-biden","tag-patriot-act","tag-privacy","tag-role-of-government","tag-surveillance","post_format-post-format-video","content-type-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n