<story><title>Patriot Act author warns EU against dragnet response to terror</title><url>http://www.politico.eu/article/us-senator-warns-eu-against-dragnet-response-to-terror/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mkaziz</author><text>In my mind, the erosion of privacy and freedom - some of the most vaunted principles of the West - is the ultimate triumph of terrorist organizations like ISIS and Al-Qaeda. They can&amp;#x27;t beat us by strength of arms, so instead they&amp;#x27;re stunting our culture.</text></comment>
<story><title>Patriot Act author warns EU against dragnet response to terror</title><url>http://www.politico.eu/article/us-senator-warns-eu-against-dragnet-response-to-terror/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jacquesm</author><text>“Talking about it in practical terms, the answer is to target the people which you know are up to bad stuff rather than bringing in the 99.8 percent of the inhabitants there, including the vast majority of followers of Islam, who have no intention whatsoever of conducting a terrorist attack,”&lt;p&gt;Are there any other terms than &amp;#x27;practical&amp;#x27;?&lt;p&gt;Better late than never I guess. What&amp;#x27;s funny is that this was not exactly new knowledge when the patriot act was drafted in the first place. All these idiotically named acts (&amp;#x27;patriot act&amp;#x27;, &amp;#x27;freedom act&amp;#x27;) are named that way so that if you&amp;#x27;re against them it looks as if you&amp;#x27;re either not a patriot or against freedom.</text></comment>