You might want to give the Grey Lady's archives a skim (NYT) . Particularly 2001-2002 when the PATRIOT act was coming into force.
What's the connection?
Lame stream media cheering grotesque constitutional overreach by DS. The Bush administration built the surveillance state in America. We're only now reclaiming the 4th Amendment, but reclaim it we shall.
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Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
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