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   From: Hellmstoffer@nonuyerbuisiness.net   
      
   Leland Milton Goldblatt PhD wrote in message ...   
   >:-X   
   >insult to patriotism   
   >On October 26, 2001, just six weeks after the devastation on September   
   >11, Congress passed the USA Patriot Act. Ashcroft and his cronies   
   >wasted no time in attempting to further their agenda at the expense of   
   >a traumatized nation. USA Patriot is an acronym for "Uniting and   
   >Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to   
   >Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism", but all that elaborate language   
   >does not succeed in hiding the dangerous nature of the document.   
   >   
   >So just what does the Patriot Act give the Bush administration the   
   >right to do? Well, for starters, it allows the FBI to monitor   
   >everything from e-mail to medical records to library accounts,   
   >providing frightening access to once private information. They can now   
   >legally wiretap phones, break into homes and offices, and access   
   >financial records without probable cause.   
   >   
   >The Patriot Act broadens terrorism to include "domestic terrorism"   
   >which could potentially be used to target activist groups within the   
   >country speaking out against Bush's treacherous deeds.   
   >   
   >The Patriot Act also disregards attorney-client privilege and   
   >authorizes government surveillance of previously confidential   
   >discussions.   
   >   
   >Immigrants can be detained indefinitely based on suspicion alone, and   
   >the Patriot Act aids the excessive amounts of deportations that are   
   >taking place.   
      
   It's all quite well documented, for people who bother to look. There are   
   none so blind as those who will not see...   
      
   *Sen. Leahy opened the proceedings on the Uniting and Strengthening America   
   Act on Oct. 11th by assuring his colleagues: "What I have done throughout   
   this time is to remember the words of Benjamin Franklin:' A people who would   
   trade their liberty for security deserve neither.' After dutifully invoking   
   Franklin, Leahy led the stampede to sacrifice liberty.*   
      
   From "Terrorism and Tyranny: trampling freedom, justice and peace to rid the   
   world of evil," by James Bovard. A great book that goes into detail about   
   just how much is being taken away from us, among many other interesting   
   things. Bovard has always been one of my favorite political writers. The   
   Introduction even kicks ass...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)