I am not pretending to know about such things, but the patriot act inmy opinion can be viewed in action after 9/11. in a matter of a week or two we had scoured the country and knew who they where, where they lived, when they got here and yes what books they read. now on the same token, we have been hunting for a 6'6" diabetic terrorist in a country with less population that washington state for what 3 years now? what were the numbers for the "innocents" who were interviewed or investigated about 9/11 probably profound. If we spent nearly as much time superivisng our borders and ports of entry we would have far fewer problems. maybe I'm wrong but thats my view