ESSENCE Poll: Do You Care About the Government Spying on Americans?

Key provisions in the controversial Patriot Act have been temporarily suspended after the Senate was unable to reach a compromise by midnight of last night.The Patriot Act, which was signed by President Bush shortly after 9/11, has allowed the government and the National Security Agency to “spy” on Americans, giving them access to individuals’ private property, computers and, perhaps most notably, phone records.Unsurprisingly, Americans have objected the act, calling it an invasion of priva