A couple in Rhode Island decided to pay off their J.C. Penney credit card, so they mailed in a $6,500 payment. They later learned their payment was being held until reviewed by Homeland Security because it was more than their usual monthly payment.

You can read the complete story at the Scripps Howard News Service.

And so who is it that says, “Well, it’s okay to give up our privacy to fight terrorism. If you’re not doing anything wrong, it won’t matter to you anyway”

When are we going to demand that government get out of the private lives of its citizens?

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