Osama Bin Laden is dead, but will the Patriot Act live on? The Patriot Act was enacted as a supposedly temporary measure in the wake of 9-11. With Bin Laden‘s passing, the era of the Patriot Act, of spying on Americans who aren‘t suspected of crimes, of heavy-handed abuse of our dearly held civil liberties, must come to an end.

The Patriot Act is up for renewal this month and a key debate is brewing: Our opponents will argue that his death is evidence that the post-9-11 spying regime was justified. We believe it means that it‘s time for the government to fix the Patriot Act and start protecting Americans‘ civil liberties.