The PATRIOT ACT
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On October 26, 2001 the US Congress passed legislation that gave the Executive Branch sweeping new
powers that totally undermine the the Bill of Rights. The Patriot act combined with the Military Commissions act of 2006 give the government everything they could want or need to invade without any due process, not only any records, phone conversations, etc. but to arrest and detain any citizen or non-citizen as well, avoiding the courts altogether, and even have them executed via a military style "Tribunal".
(The following is compliments of the ACLU)
"This 342-page USA PATRIOT Act was passed on October 26, 2001, with little debate by Members of Congress, most of whom did not even read the bill. The Administration then initiated a flurry of executive orders, regulations, and policies and practices that also threatened our rights;
Expands terrorism laws to include “domestic terrorism” which could subject political organizations to surveillance, wiretapping, harassment, and criminal action for political advocacy.
Expands the ability of law enforcement to conduct secret searches, gives them wide powers of phone and Internet
surveillance, and access to highly personal medical, financial, mental health, and student records with minimal judicial oversight.
Allows FBI Agents to investigate American citizens for criminal matters without probable cause of crime if they say it is for “intelligence purposes.”
Permits non-citizens to be jailed based on mere suspicion and to be denied re-admission to the US for engaging in free speech.
Suspects convicted of no crime may be detained indefinitely in six month increments without meaningful judicial review.
New legislation and government actions take away our freedom:
First Amendment - Freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and the press.
Fourth Amendment - Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Fifth Amendment - No person to be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.
Sixth Amendment - Right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury, right to be informed of the facts of the accusation,
right to confront witnesses and have the assistance of counsel.
Eighth Amendment - No excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishment shall be imposed.
Fourteenth Amendment - All persons (citizens and noncitizens) within the US are entitled to due process and the equal protection of the laws.
Examples:
• 8,000 Arab and South Asian immigrants have been interrogated because of their religion or ethnic background,
not because of actual wrongdoing.
• Thousands of men, mostly of Arab and South Asian origin, have been held in secretive federal custody for weeks and
months, sometimes without any charges filed against them. The government has refused to publish their names and
whereabouts, even when ordered to do so by the courts.
• The press and the public have been barred from immigration court hearings of those detained after September 11th and
the courts are ordered to keep secret even that the hearings are taking place.
• The government is allowed to monitor communications between federal detainees and their lawyers, destroying the attorney client privilege and threatening the right to counsel.
• New Attorney General Guidelines allow FBI spying on religious and political organizations and individuals without having evidence of wrongdoing.
• President Bush has ordered military commissions to be set up to try suspected terrorists who are not citizens. They can convict based on hearsay and secret evidence by only two-thirds vote.
• American citizens suspected of terrorism are being held indefinitely in military custody without being charged and without
access to lawyers."
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One more nasty act, the:
Page 4: John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007
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Another antichrist act
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