Quid Pro Quo, oldroy: Hat Tip Newsmax, 7 June, 2013:
"Patriot Act Author Sensenbrenner: Collecting Phone Data 'un-American' ", quoted, in part, as follows:
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Friday, 07 Jun 2013 01:22 PM
By Bill Hoffman
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The original author of the Patriot Act says the government's "excessive" use of it to collect the phone records of millions of Verizon customers is
an abuse of power. "While I believe the Patriot Act appropriately balanced national security concerns and civil rights, I have always worried about potential abuses," Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, said in a statement.
"Seizing phone records of millions of innocent people is excessive and un-American." ....And in a scathing letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, Sensenbrenner added: "These reports are deeply concerning and raise questions about whether our constitutional rights are secure.
"How could the phone records of so many innocent Americans be relevant to an authorized investigation as required by the Act?"Sensenbrenner's remarks came a day after London's Guardian newspaper revealed the National Security Agency had been collecting the records under a court order.
"This is a big deal, a really big deal," Sensenbrenner told Fox News, noting that
the broad seizure of the call records was "never the intent" of the law. He added that he may try to amend the Patriot Act before it expires in 2015 to prevent further alleged abuses.
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