Data Mining Didn't Save Those 32 Lives

The Patriot Act did not save those 32 lives. Neither did the war in Iraq. Not only did the Patriot Act, data mining and the Iraq War not save any of those lives, Homeland Security did not prevent that troubled young man from taking a two hour break to run a few errands in the middle of his killing spree.

Tell me again how forfeiting our basic human rights protects us.