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PATRIOT II Legislation Leaked

Posted by michael on from the goodbye-FOI dept.

Buck Mulligan writes "The Center for Public Integrity reports that it has obtained a copy of PATRIOT II -- a huge law enforcement power grab that is intended to build on the USA PATRIOT Act. It's called the 'Domestic Security Enhancement Act.' CPI says it would increase domestic intelligence gathering and surveillance while reducing judicial review and public access to information. For more on the first PATRIOT Act, see the EPIC page."

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  1. Taken from My blog.. by CashCarSTAR · · Score: 5, Informative

    Holy damn...

    Got your tinfoil hats ready? Ok...here we go.

    Patriot Act. v2.0

    Section 101:Would extend the idea of a "foreign power" to include all persons. Regardless of if they are affiliated with terrorists or not. mmm...ok

    102: v 1.0 limits "agents of a foreign power" to people to are activly violating or have the goals to violate federal law. v2.0 wants to eliminiate this.

    This alone, combined with the known abuses of v1.0, would give any administratiion absolute and ultimate control. There is another 15 odd pages of further detail..but no more is needed.

    I believe that somebody overreached. Between this and the doubling of the tax cut, things might be about to change...

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    The problem with the two clauses listed above is that it opens ANYBODY up to a full investiation..which includes revoking citizenship and deportation.

    Mmmm...facism...*drool*

  2. my submission by joebeone · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Center for Public Integrity has intercepted a sequel to the Patriot Act that is being called the "Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003". Here are a few mirrors to the document... (we will need more): one, two, and three. A notable part of the prospective legislation is that a new federal felony is created for willfully using encryption during the comission of a felony and that a judge in a different part of the country can issue a search warrant for another part of the country for terrorism or "computer crime". Why should you care if this isn't even close to law yet? 1) It's written by John Ashcroft and 2) The Bush administration is great at getting these things passed during emergencies (wasn't the homeland color just kicked up a notch?)

  3. Suppressed Quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in Government"
    --Thomas Jefferson

    And I'm sure that the government is now much more tyrannical than was ever imagined possible in his day.