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Old 5th November 2008
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Originally Posted by drhowarddrfine View Post
He was on NPR a couple weeks ago and someone asked him about that. I forgot his answer but it made sense and he did not flip-flop on it.
From reason.com:
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Reason: Do you regret voting for the USA PATRIOT Act?

Barr: I do. I was hoping at the time that it would not be used as a floor but as a ceiling. But it's been a taking-off point for expanded authority in a number of areas.
really? expanded authority? wow who would of guessed. It was just another in the long list of useless US Acts passed with a hidden agenda.

Wrong wording on my behalf, you are right that it is not a flip-flop. It was however a bad decision.
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