Anti-Civil Liberties Legislation Progresses

hillct writes: "The ACLU has a very good comparison chart of anti-terrorism provisions in legislation currently being considered by congress. It covers the Combating Terrorism Act of 2001, the House Bill (PATRIOT Act) and the Senate Bill (USA Act), comparing it all to current law. We've all seen pieces of this information but the ACLU staffers did a great job consolidating it all." CDT also has a very good pdf guide to these about-to-be-passed laws. But the Onion has the best commentary.

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Re:Erm, Civil or Human Rights?

[CokeBear]

Sorry to break the news to you, but the USA is already known worldwide as a human rights abuser. (Only her own citizens seem to be ignorant of this fact).
See:
http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2001.nsf/webamrcountr ies/UNITED+STATES+OF+AMERICA?OpenDocument

Note: This report covers events from January 1 to December 31 of 2000. By all accounts, the 2001 report will not be much different.