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Ivan Eland  Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty, The Independent Institute

Freedom from the PATRIOT Act

Posted: 06/01/2015

Many Americans have been heard to mimic the media's disdain for partisan gridlock in Washington, but because Congress and the president often do the wrong thing, it's often better when nothing is done. For example, after the Congress's inaction recently allowed sections of the PATRIOT Act to lapse, I was so ecstatic about my newfound freedom that I, like victims of Soviet oppression when the USSR collapsed, didn't know what to do with myself. However, my decision on how to take advantage of my freshly won freedom vis-à-vis government surveillance had to be made fast, because that freedom was likely to be short-lived. Congress was likely to soon reform the PATRIOT Act with the "USA Freedom Act."