> "there is no section of the PATRIOT Act that includes..."
DHS often flouts the law. (You aren't wrong, but I'm just saying.)
> That would go even beyond the wildest accusations of domestic dragnet surveillance
I definitely would not agree with that.
They might not quite have this level of surveillance, but they're probably not too far away, either. And there will be actors within the bureaucracy pushing to increase surveillance as far as they possibly can.
The US Federal bureaucracy is grossly out of control and serves its own interests, which aren't those of the citizens or the states.
When you look at tax policy in particular, you see that the states are effectively colonies of the Federal government and bureaucracy.
DHS often flouts the law. (You aren't wrong, but I'm just saying.)
> That would go even beyond the wildest accusations of domestic dragnet surveillance
I definitely would not agree with that.
They might not quite have this level of surveillance, but they're probably not too far away, either. And there will be actors within the bureaucracy pushing to increase surveillance as far as they possibly can.
The US Federal bureaucracy is grossly out of control and serves its own interests, which aren't those of the citizens or the states.
When you look at tax policy in particular, you see that the states are effectively colonies of the Federal government and bureaucracy.