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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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