This one is way more important than web accessability and neutrality.

This does not appear to be a valid task for the CTO to take on. Prehaps a more appropriate suggestion would be to ensure privacy on the internet or over networks.

jmkowalski: The CTO can certainly say, "Hey Boss, read this please and if you approve please send it over to Harry and Nancy"

Wouldn't this issue be something for congress to legislate? While I agree with repealing the patriot act, it seems out of the scope of what the executive branch could implement.

The CTO can't do a thing here...

Chief Technology Officer... think computers, think internet, think infrastructure, but not legislation...

Lots of wasted votes here.

Does the Patriot Act really affect most Americans? If you are not doing anything wrong you should not have to worry, right? The only reason I see to get rid of it is pointed out by citizenkahn ("It made us less safe by flooding the intelligence services with useless information") I understand that there is some paranoia about a Big Brother government, but I don't think this act amounts to that.

While you're at it, hold telcos like AT&T responsible by RE-doing the ruling that penalizes them retroactively, AND the removal of this equipment should be made VERY PUBLIC in front of the media and a LARGE GROUP of applauding people in order for Americans to feel like their privacy and dignity is (somewhat) restored. Start with San Francisco where you'll get a huge turnout.

So what exactly are YOU trying to hide?

PATRIOT Act, passed by Congress, is out of CTO's reach. While this law is a highly contested issue, it is definitely not in the jurisdiction of the White House.

I sincerely hope there will never be any sort of legislation like the USA PATRIOT ACT ever again in my lifetime. This makes a mockery of our Constitution.

Eliminate this unconstitutional trash.

If it doesn't get repealed it needs to be closely looked at and stripped of unnecessary elements.

If it doesn't get repealed it needs to be closely looked at and stripped of unnecessary elements.

Good start (I gave it 3 points!) but this proposal needs to be expanded to include Patriot I _and_ Patriot II _AND_ the Military Comissions ACt of 2006 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Commissions_Act_of_2006 )

This needs to be balanced with privacy-busting IRS subpoena power against tax shelters including in the Caribbean and Switzerland, non-income assets, and moving the focus of IRS audits back where they will make the most money for the U.S., instead of so many little-guy audits, which are a disgrace.

It made us less safe by flooding the intelligence services with useless information about what i'm googling. If the hay stack is bigger, the needle is harder to find. Lack of data and FISA didn't cause 9/11, incompetence did.

We all know that the terrorists are just a group of motivated thugs, not super criminals. We can stop them better without the Partiot Act.

While I don't agree with the Patriot Act, Obama's "CTO" will not (and should not) have any power to repeal it. That's just not how our government works.