"Jerry Aspar" <jaspar2002us@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> August 29, 2004 [Sunday]
> Associated Press
> Shootout Kills 2 Ariz. Officers,
> Wounds 1
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> "Two Phoenix [AZ] police officers
> were killed and a third wounded
> Saturday night during a shootout
> at an apartment complex....
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> "The man believed to have shot
> the officers was found dead fol-
> lowing a two-hour stand off with
> police."
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> Have you noticed that as the
> Iraqi people's all-out war against
> The Superpower grows and de-
> velops, a change in the nature
> of standoffs has occured in The
> Superpower?
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http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A43364-2004Aug29?language=printer
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There has been a change directly related to 9-11-01, the Patriot Act.
Just 45 days after the September 11 attacks, with virtually no debate,
Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act. Many parts of this sweeping
legislation
take away checks on law enforcement and threaten the very rights and
freedoms that we are struggling to protect. For example, without a warrant
and without probable cause, the FBI now has the power to access your most
private medical records, your library records, and your student records...
and can prevent anyone from telling you it was done.
The Department of Justice is expected to introduce a sequel, dubbed
PATRIOT
II, that would further erode key freedoms and liberties of every American.
The ACLU and many allies on the left and right believe that before giving
law enforcement new powers, Congress must first re-examine provisions of
the
first PATRIOT Act to ensure that is in alignment with key constitutional
protections.
How "Patriot Act 2" Would Further Erode the Basic Checks on Government
Power
That Keep America Safe and Free
The USA PATRIOT Act, passed by Congress shortly after September 11, 2001,
increases government surveillance, detention and other law enforcement
powers while reducing basic checks and balances on such powers. The
Department of Justice is currently drafting legislation designed as a
sequel
to the USA PATRIOT Act.[1] A draft copy of this legislation, dated
January
2003, recently became available.[2]
The draft legislation, which has been dubbed "Patriot Act 2," would grant
sweeping powers to the government, eliminating or weakening many of the
checks and balances that remained on government surveillance, wiretapping,
detention and criminal prosecution even after passage of the USA PATRIOT
Act.
1. Summary of Key Provisions
The Domestic Security Enhancement Act (also called "Patriot Act 2"):
Further dismantles court review of surveillance, such as by terminating
court-approved limits on police spying on religious and political activity
(sec. 312), allowing the government to obtain credit records and library
records secretly and without judicial oversight (secs. 126, 128, 129), and
by allowing wiretaps without a court order for up to 15 days following a
terrorist attack (sec. 103);
Allows government to operate in secret by authorizing secret arrests (sec.
201), and imposing severe restrictions on the release of information about
the hazards to the community posed by chemical and other plants (sec.
202);
Further expands the reach of an already overbroad definition of terrorism
so
that organizations engaged in civil disobedience are at risk of government
wiretapping (secs. 120, 121) asset seizure (secs. 428, 428), and their
sup****ters could even risk losing their citizen****p (sec. 501);
Gives foreign dictator****ps the power to seek searches and seizures in the
United States (sec. 321), and to extradite American citizens to face trial
in foreign courts (sec. 322), even if the United States Senate has not
approved a treaty with that government; and
Unfairly targets immigrants under the pretext of fighting terrorism by
stripping even lawful immigrants of the right to a fair de****tation
hearing
and stripping the federal courts of their power to correct unlawful
actions
by the immigration authorities (secs. 503, 504).
Sorb-Just the facts
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