Cafferty 4pm Q: Does it surprise you that the FBI misused the Patriot Act to get personal informatio

[Bozita]

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Cafferty File


Jack Cafferty sounds off on the stories crossing his radar. Write in to answer Jack's hourly questions, and watch to see if he reads your response.

4 p.m.: Does it surprise you that the FBI misused the Patriot Act to get personal information?

5 p.m.: Newt Gingrich admits to cheating on his wife. Should he still consider running for president?

7 p.m.: What might happen if a former Washington madam releases records on 10,000 of her past clients?

• Answer Jack's questions now
• Read some of your responses
• Go behind the scenes with the Cafferty File
• Cafferty: Pardon Libby?

[rasputin1952]

1. Well, I sent in my comment, wonder if I'll hear it read?

:eyes:

[krispos42]

2. Replied and kicked.

I sent in one for all questions. :-)

[bdamomma]

3. sent mine in too.

[Bozita]

4. I'm betting there are a lot more Repugs on the madame's client list than Dems

[originalpckelly]

5. My response:

No, I'm not surprised, just like I would be surprised to find a couple missing hens if the fox were guarding the hen house.

People who are convinced they need to get information are not the people to decide whether they should get it or not. These agents obviously believe they needed the information, but no one else was able to review the proof they did before they received the information.

I also noticed how many of these things that have been used. In the CNN.com story it says they went as high as 56,000 requests per year.

The story also said more than 1/2 of the people investigated with National Security Letters were AMERICAN CITIZENS!

I just don't buy that there are that many terrorists in America, especially terrorists with American citizenship.

How many innocent people have had their records turned over to the FBI? How many have had their lives turned upside down?

This sounds like a massive abuse of a power the FBI never should have had.