Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich introduced a bill in the House yesterday to repeal portions of the Patriot Act. The sections that would be repealed are those that:

allow secret searches and wiretaps as well as detaining suspects indefinitely without meaningful judicial review, and that broaden the definition of what constitutes a terrorist group.

Kucinich's bill also would overturn laws that require airport screeners to be U.S. citizens, repeal Justice and Homeland Security department exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act and toss out a law that lets the FBI conduct undercover investigations of religious centers.

The ACLU and NAACP have given their support to the bill, as have 18 Democrats and 1 Republican in the House. Kucinich named the bill the "Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act." The Act begins with the quote,

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."