I completely disagree. They must be rights that were not important to you if you don't see any change. The removal of them is just plain wrong period.

Rights established in the Bill of Rights and undermined by the USA PATRIOT Act are:

Freedom of speech, assembly and privacy
Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures
Rights to counsel and due process of law

http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/PatriotAct.htm
http://www.milnet.com/afi/change-civil.htm
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=11835&c=206
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12263&c=206

>>>Nobody said living in a democracy was going to be easy. It has to be worked at. and the best way to work at retaining a democracy is not to allow your rights and freedoms to be eroded. What you are left with is no longer a democracy. The problem is that when all is said and done, all you are fighting for is the right to live in a police state. When you're living under curfew, and there are cameras and recorders in every room of everyone's homes, will that also be acceptable? Is there a place where you will finally draw the line, or do you simply accept the destruction of your constitution piece by piece, until the only right left is the right to pledge allegiance to the flag?
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>>Alan, no one's talking about trashing the constitution here. You're preaching to the choir. But it's all those claims of us loosing our rights. Again, what rights have we lost because of the Patriot Act?
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>We haven't lost any rights. One thing the Patriot act has done it to allow the CIA and FBI and other agencies to work with each other. They are still required to get court orders for wire taps. Liberals just want to yell whenever they think law enforcement is given more power to protect our country. I am not worried about the effects of the patriot act on us, and I view the government with suspicion, because I am one of them. As Ronald Reagan said, "the government is not your friend." However, I don't think this act is necessarily a bad one.