When is everyone going to finally wake up to the Bush administration's total disregard for the truth? The Patriot Act's purpose of stopping terrorism has about as much truth to it as Bush's reason for invading Iraq (remember, we were going to find Saddam Hussein's "ready in 45 minutes" weapons of mass destruction). Seizing library records? Come on folks, is this really going to stop a suicidal terrorist from wreaking havoc?

The U.S. needs to take a step back from its current jackboot strategies and address the real reasons why we're the target of terrorists (for starters—our policy of supporting Israel and doing very little to stop its heavy-handed approach to the Palestinian situation, as well as our own military presence in the Middle East). Attacking the Constitution like it's a Third World country is certainly not the answer.

James Diaz

San Jose