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"The Patriot Act went far beyond technological updating and I think it was passed in the heat of the moment and went too far," said Peter Swire, a professor of law and ethics at the Georgia Institute of Technology who served as part of President Obama's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology, in an article with NBC News concerning the Patriot Act
Read the rest of the article here: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/did-patriot-act-change-us-attitudes-surveillance-n641586
