As we have gotten further away from Sept. 11 and we’ve had more debate about what the government is doing and whether it is justified, and whether it’s really protecting us or just taking away...

People have a lot on their mind and many things demanding their attention. There’s a war going on, and other things.

We want the local police to do what they were meant to do — protect their citizens.

In the four years since the PATRIOT Act’s enactment, a broad range of Americans have petitioned their state and local governments to protect them from unwarranted surveillance and other excesses of the federal government. Eight...