Patriot Act

Fire of Liberty

The Patriot Act has done more good for this nation than we think. Such was revealed in a recent Review & Outlook editorial in The Wall Street Journal. Take a look at this and see for yourself.

Just before Christmas a savage murder took place in John Ashcroft's home state of Missouri. Bobbie Jo Stinnett, an expectant mother, was strangled to death in her home and her unborn child was cut out of her womb with a kitchen knife. Less than a day later, the baby was found alive and well in Kansas. Lisa Montgomery was arrested and charged with Mrs. Stinnett's murder.

We now learn that the infant was recovered thanks at least in part to the Patriot Act. Mr. Ashcroft used his valedictory address as Attorney General on Tuesday to explain that the law allowed investigators to follow an e-mail trail to the accused killer. That provision of the controversial but evidently useful Act is set to expire at the end of the year.