Lets not pretend that liberalism doesn't come with a jackboot on the neck of the people either.
No, he didn't.
USA PATRIOT Act was from Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI). It incorporated material from 3 earlier bills, one of which was also by Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), the others by Sen. Daschle (D-SD) and Rep. Oxley (R-OH).
https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3162...
I should have said draft instead of original.
Lets not pretend that liberalism doesn't come with a jackboot on the neck of the people either.