Good sense on the Patriot Act.
Jay Reding dispenses justice to the Patriot Act’s detractors. (*) He is of course right to defend that legislation so badly needed by prosecutors in their efforts to punish and deter terrorism in the homeland.
Sadly, many bloggers take a knee-jerk response to the Patriot Act. It sounds bad, and thus must be bad. Some understand the Patriot Act, but oppose it anyway. Perhaps they don’t understand why it is needed.
We need the Patriot Act to stop Islamofascists from blowing up more buildings. If you want to oppose the Patriot Act, please consider providing a concrete, feasible alternative that will actually stop terrorism in the real world. I would prefer a less intrusive solution. The problem is I don’t know of any.