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Suspected terrorists should be protected from the dangerous powers of the Medicaid examiner, says the New York Times.

Today's Times opines...

The Patriot Act already gives government too much power to spy on ordinary Americans, but things could get far worse. Congress is considering adding a broad new investigative power, known as the administrative subpoena, that would allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation to gain access to anyone's financial, medical, employment and even library records without approval from a judge and even without the target knowing about it. Members of Congress should block this disturbing provision from becoming law...

The bill's defenders note that administrative subpoenas are already allowed in other kinds of investigations. But these are generally in highly regulated areas, like Medicaid billing....

Well, heck, if that's what it'll take to be able to investigate terrorists while preserving our civil liberties, let's highly regulate terrorism!