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Gore Lashes Out At “Big Brother-style Government”

HeadlineNov 10, 2003

Former Vice President Al Gore yesterday lashed out at the Bush administration and urged Congress to repeal the USA Patriot Act. Gore said “They have taken us much farther down the road toward an intrusive, Big Brother-style government — toward the dangers prophesied by George Orwell in his book '1984' — than anyone ever thought would be possible in the United States of America.”

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