New Patriot Act Provision Creates Tighter Barrier to Officials at Public Events:
"Sen. Arlen Specter , R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sponsored the measure, which would extend the authority of the Secret Service to allow agents to arrest people who willingly or knowingly enter a restricted area at an event, even if the president or other official normally protected by the Secret Service isn't in attendance at the time.

The measure has civil libertarians protesting what they say is yet another power grab for the executive branch and one more loss for free speech."

This is ridiculous. First, they pen all the protesters up in a restricted area, now they want to tighten the noose even further.

I'm reminded once again of Ben Franklin's quote:

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Those are words from a true Patriot. Not some coward like Arlen Spector.