Dealing with what the Patriot Act reveals

Well, the Patriot Act has passed.
So what?

I mean it. So what?
Suppose the next wiretap contains the message "We send the first suicide bombers over the Mexican border tonight."
Do you think the government would be able to stop those bombers? Hundreds flood over that border every year. Even the Minutemen are overwhelmed.
What good is it to know what the enemy is going to do, if you can't do anything about it?
It's like an old Get Smart episode. "OK, Chief, I can see him now. He's at the window. He loading a rocket launcher. He's moving to his window. He's leaning out. He's aiming at . . . my . . . window . . .

Then there's the Katrina tape. Move past all the accusations and justifications, and you get a government that's far too blase about things. "Just overlapping, not breaching? OK, I guess we can sleep easy." What, Mr. President, you didn't think you should monitor the situation until it was over? You didn't think to have someone do it for you, and keep you posted?
It's called asleep at the switch, Mr. President, and as you keep telling us in your speeches, we must remain vigilant.
What happens if someone calls in the middle of the night, saying they've just intercepted a suspicious call that named Chicago? Do you swing into action, alert the city and FEMA and anyone else you think might help?
Or do you roll over and go back to sleep?

Again, I say, so what?
What good is a Patriot Act if you can't use it?