PATRIOT ACT ISN'T IN OUR BEST INTEREST

Regardless of what one writer believes ("Trust U.S. officials to protect us"), the Patriot Act is the worst piece of legislation ever devised by this corrupt administration. It systematically butchers our Constitution by letting our own "trusted" government officials to suspend our own rights (and habeus corpus laws) in this war on "terror"--whenever they feel like it.

Using pieces of our own history to justify our government to believe it is "above the law" in the here and now--isn't in our nation's best interest.

Perhaps the writer would also like to reflect on what one of our own founding fathers said: "Those that sacrifice their freedoms and liberty for a little piece of false security--deserve neither." (Benjamin Franklin.)

I am not afraid of terrorists hitting our shores--ever since Bush told them to "Bring it on!"

But I am not about to let our own government destroy our nation's heritage in the face of fear.

The same fear and ignorance which they themselves orchestrated by making such secret and covert deals in the first place--with the very same terrorists that we are forced to confront today.

Schuyler Thorpe

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Everett, WA 98204

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