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I can't even remember the last time I was pleased by something the conservatives did, but this is good news as far as I'm concerned. This law was used to spy on Americans without a warrant when they make calls to people outside the country, and could also be used as a back door to retroactively search the information without a warrant. It has received criticism from many pro-privacy organizations and from the ACLU. Hopefully the awful Patriot Act gets ~~revived~~ reviewed(typo) next.
That's exactly right - so the conservatives do do something right.
I also encourage all of us to be open minded on these things and to work with conservatives (or liberals if you are a conservative) when it comes to issues like this.
The left and right who have principles have to unite against the center that has none whenever they can.
You're right of course, and it's the only way a diverse democracy can function. What we've had for too long is not functional, it's dysfunctional, or barely functional. We need to do a better job of understanding each other.