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Patriot Games

· Monday, April 26, 2004 · 3 comments

Steven Taylor passes on word that the Patriot Act is suddenly turning into a major political plus for the Bush Administration. I’ve got some misgivings about parts of the act, but this stands to reason. One can’t–honestly, anyway–simultaneously complain that Bush and Co. didn’t do enough with the disparate intelligence information they had prior to 9/11 and fault the legislation that aims at solving the most serious problem that we’ve identified.

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James Joyner
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James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College and a nonresident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm vet. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Comments

  1. legion says:
    Monday, 26 April 2004 at 11:27

    Oh, hell yes we can complain! If my doctor misdiagnoses my hernia, that’s bad. If he tries to fix it by amputating my foot, that’s worse.

  2. Paul says:
    Monday, 26 April 2004 at 11:33

    Perhaps James should have said one can not “honestly and intelligently” complain…

  3. legion says:
    Monday, 26 April 2004 at 17:55

    I see. So before any debate even begins, disagreeing with your basic assumptions makes me either dishonest or stupid. Feh.

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