"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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I've seen the Patriot Act work in my favor...but have yet to see it work
against me or any other law-abiding citizen that I know.



When you see it work against you, it will be too late to do anything about
it.

It's one thing to use these powers on "terorists", but as you discovered
first
hand
the law enforcement agencies are all too quick to use these powers to
usurp the
constitutional rights of others suspected of
non-terror offenses as well.

The thief was selling goods purchased illegally in Romania, the Netherlands,
Great Britain, an elsewhere. How do you know that it isn't a
money-producing scheme used to fund terrorism?