There could be bad news coming from the 9/11 Commission

And it's all about the PATRIOT Act.

Pressed by commissioners as to why their agencies failed to "connect the dots" before the 9/11 attacks, law enforcement and intelligence officials in both the Clinton and Bush administrations cited powers now included in the Patriot Act. The act, for example, makes it easier for agencies to to monitor the activities of suspected terrorists, and lets agents conducting criminal probes share information with intelligence officers, and vice versa.

It's worth noting here that officials from the Clinton administration have also come out in support of Big Brother, err, excuse me, the PATRIOT Act. This is a bill that Kerry voted for, but now...

Although Bush's Democratic rival for the White House, Sen. John Kerry, voted for the Patriot Act, he been critical of civil liberties abuses on the campaign trail. In response to the president's radio address this weekend, he called for "reforming our intelligence system and strengthening our antiterrorism laws" so that agencies can communicate with each other.

What does Kerry propose for changes on "reforming our intelligence system and strengthening our antiterrorism laws?"Well this effect our privacy in a positive or negative way? And what do we do about those pesky no-fly lists with nuns and Green Party activists on them?