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I Fought the Law and the Law Spun

Julian Sanchez | 7.17.2003 7:40 AM

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The Justice Department has been working hard to assuage public concerns about the scope of intrusive powers granted to law enforcement by the PATRIOT Act. The only problem, according to the ACLU, is that they have to lie to do it. You can download their full report here.

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Julian Sanchez is a contributing editor at Reason.

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