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Yobanyyo t1_j51ix1y wrote

Reply to comment by ultradianfreq in Little-Known Surveillance Program Captures Money Transfers Between U.S. and More Than 20 Countries by 1angrylittlevoice

Yeah Republicans pushed that back in 2001 under the patriot act.

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ultradianfreq t1_j51olzv wrote

Something their base conveniently forgets…. Patriot act is an absolute travesty of our time.

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FormerTesseractPilot t1_j53yb07 wrote

Over 2/3 of the House Democrats voted for it too.

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Yobanyyo t1_j545360 wrote

There were only 66 votes against it, which also included 3 Republicans. Ron Paul, Butch otter, and Robert ney.

But the other 63 were Democrats.

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