It wasn't to allow anarchy or keep the people vulnerable. Break This thread has demonstrated the idiocy of the left. Obama could've allowed the Patriot Act to expire. By extending it, he is to blame for its existence today. Yet the blame goes all to Bush.
I put the blame for the Patriot Act on the Republicrats, the only party in power. Advocates of a police state always say they we need to throw away our rights and liberties in order to stop criminals or terrorists. Please move to some dictatorship where you will feel safe.
I got news for ya. The Democrats control the Senate, the executive branch, and a powerful propaganda machine called the media. Well gee, you still have your mouth running uncontrolled. So, we must not be in a police state.