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Debate Held on Patriot Act

There was a debate on the Patriot Act at the University of Tennessee College of Law. Instapundit moderated.
[Professor Reynolds] said it's the citizens -not the courts - who bear the greatest responsibility for protecting civil liberties. "For people to defend their rights, they have to know what's going on," he said.
You can get a lot of information about Patriot Act I and II here and here. We all need to be vigilant and ensure that the Bush Administration-- Attorney General John Ashcroft in particular--doesn't use our increased attention in the war as an opportunity to slip some more of its privacy-intrusive bills past us.

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