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Re:The Patriot Act Has Threatened Freedom for 20 Years by nsonha on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:34AM (#29063317)
Didn’t someone in CIA claim they had all the data that could uncover the attack plan, just didn’t have enough analysts for that to have happened?

If that is true then increasing surveillance would not change a thing, at the end data collected will just sit there untouched, or waiting to be abused.

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Re:The Patriot Act Has Threatened Freedom for 20 Years by aaronbrethorst on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:38AM (#29063338)
Bush was warned over a month before the attack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Ladin_Determined_To_Strike...
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Re:The Patriot Act Has Threatened Freedom for 20 Years by craftinator on Monday November 01, 2021 @02:43AM (#29063690)
My favorite part was when he knee-jerk reacted to the towers being bombed by invading 2 countries that we knew had nothing to do with it.
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Re:The Patriot Act Has Threatened Freedom for 20 Years by kuraudo on Monday November 01, 2021 @02:49AM (#29063724)
Still waiting on Saudi Arabia invasion (not that I believe that would be the proper answer either, but still).
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Re:The Patriot Act Has Threatened Freedom for 20 Years by catlikesshrimp on Monday November 01, 2021 @05:06AM (#29064408)
Saudi Arabia is an ally, an a bussiness partner
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Re:The Patriot Act Has Threatened Freedom for 20 Years by lamontcg on Monday November 01, 2021 @12:10PM (#29068701)
You misspelled Iran.

Trump gave it a shot by assassinating Soleimani, the Iranians just didn't retaliate enough to provide justification.

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Re:The Patriot Act Has Threatened Freedom for 20 Years by raxxorrax on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:51AM (#29064026)
Never let a crisis go to waste for strategical ambitions I guess.
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