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I'm sure there are ways to defend the PATRIOT Act - this is not one of them:

[I]s [it] the fact that the FBI can search secretly that troubles the Times? If so, consider: How long would evidence – anthrax or rincin, for instance -- remain on a terrorist's premises if FBI agents were obligated to phone ahead to say they were dropping by with a search warrant?

OMG, what a strawman. Ladies and Gentlemen, I guarantee you that agents have never, ever called ahead and informed anyone that they are coming with a search warrant.