4th Anniversary of USA PATRIOT Act

How many references to the USA PATRIOT Act in this week's show? Tell us how many by email and we'll write a small part for you into an upcoming Digby episode. That's right, the dastardly PATRIOT Act was passed 4 years ago this week. Idaho has had its share of successes in passing resolutions expressing our distaste: -West Bonner Library District passed a resolution on Monday, February 10, 2002 -Idaho County passed an ordinance on Monday, September 22, 2003 -Boise City Council passed a resolution 5-1 on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 -Moscow City Council passed a resolution 5-1 on Monday, June 7, 2004 -the Idaho Legislature unanimously passed a Joint Memorial encouraging passage of the federal SAFE Act (which would rescind some of the most egregious sections of the Patriot Act) on March 25, 2005 Idaho is one of the 7 states to have expressed statewide opposition to the Act. The others are VT, AK, HI, ME, CO, and MT. We're encouraging people to write letters to the editor about the Patriot Act and how much it sucks, before Congress reauthorizes the sunset provisions (any day now). For writing points, visit the Bill of Rights Defense Committee's information-packed web site.