… us being in a constant state of war, exploit that opportunity to take away more of our freedom. And as you know, once it's gone, we never get it back. The Patriot act was shoved through and rushed through Congress in the days after the terrorist attack on 9 11. passing all of these egregious overreaches into our privacy and our civil liberties, violating the Fourth Amendment not because they were truly needed because of 9 11, but the national security state saw an opportunity and they took it. (17:08–17:16)
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Asserts that the Patriot Act was quickly passed in Congress following the 9/11 attacks.
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