And another from the drama queen....sorry bout that but damn! He takes a story, tells a half truth to make it look terrible. The way the actual section reads it's more less the right hand knows what the left is doing for once!

A.J.s version:
SECTION 311 federalizes your local police department in the area of information sharing.


Section 311: State and Local Information Sharing.
Section 203 and other provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act broadened authority to share information among federal agencies that may be relevant to the detection and prevention of terrorism, and to obtain otherwise confidential information for use in terrorism investigations. That Act, however, did not adequately address the need for enhanced information sharing authority in relation to state and local officials and foreign governments, who are the critical partners of the United States in investigating terrorist crimes and preventing future terrorist attacks. This section of the bill would provide further authority for sharing of consumer credit information, visa-related information, and educational records information with state and local law enforcement, thereby enacting the remainder of the information sharing proposals that have been proposed legislatively and endorsed by the Administration and the Department of Justice. See Letter of Assistant Attorney General Daniel J. Bryant to Honorable Patrick J. Leahy concerning S. 1615 (April 30, 2002).



That's enough cross referencing for me, this guys style of journalism is nothing but sensationalism....sells videos and memberships as far as I'm concerned.

Have a good one!:thumbsup: