{"id":1473,"date":"2010-02-28T22:17:28","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T03:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2010-02-28T22:17:28","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T03:17:28","slug":"the-great-democratic-patriot-act-double-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/28\/the-great-democratic-patriot-act-double-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Democratic Patriot Act Double-Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the point of voting for Democrats if they are going to act like Bush-bots in rubberstamping FBI National Security Letters shredding the Fourth Amendment?<\/p>\n<p>Good to see the left-wing websites hammering Obama, Leahy, and Rep. Nadler for sanctifying and perpetuating some of the worst abuses of the post 9\/11 era.<\/p>\n<p>Alternet&#8217;s whack is<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.alternet.org\/becauseitmatters\/2010\/02\/27\/patriot-act-2010-as-it-was-written-so-it-shall-be-done\/\"><strong> here<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fire Dog Lake&#8217;s whack is <a href=\"http:\/\/seminal.firedoglake.com\/diary\/32373\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the point of voting for Democrats if they are going to act like Bush-bots in rubberstamping FBI National Security Letters shredding the Fourth Amendment? Good to see the left-wing websites hammering Obama, Leahy, and Rep. Nadler for sanctifying and perpetuating some of the worst abuses of the post 9\/11 era. Alternet&#8217;s whack is here. 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