] The most common charge levied against critics of the ] Patriot Act -- one that Alberto Gonzales, the new face of ] Justice, is likely to repeat in his days ahead -- is that ] they're "misinformed." Well, as a former U.S. attorney ] appointed by President Reagan, a former CIA lawyer and ] analyst, and a former Congressman who sat on the ] Judiciary Committee, I can go mano a mano with any ] law-enforcement or intelligence official on the facts. ] And the facts say that the Patriot Act needs to be ] reviewed and refined by Congress. The most reasonable position on the Patriot act that I have ever read. [ This is one of Bob Barr's strongest positions, and I tend to agree with him, as unexpected as I found that. He's written on the topic before and spoken about it at GA Tech, and I think he's generally got a clear view of what needs to happen on this one. -k] www.bobbarr.org: Patriot Act fixes |