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How ironic that FreedomWorks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreedomWorks) is the source for this reporting.

What's the irony?

Here's their motto from the Wiki link of yours:

"Lower Taxes. Less Government. More Freedom."

Ending the Patriot Act would accomplish two of those.

They're apparently in part a libertarian leaning group; libertarians are usually against the Patriot Act.

The same money that brought about the Bush government, which instituted most of this junk in the first place, is behind FreedomWorks.

"Freedom" for billionaires means something different than for you and me.

Not really. Its president and CEO is a self-described libertarian [1] and FreedomWorks is co-plaintiff in Rand Paul's NSA lawsuit [2].