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Safe and Free from Patriot II

Posted by michael on from the jackboot dept.

JJ22 writes "The ALCU has a press release about a full page ad they have running in the New York Times. See the ad here. It gives a list of some of the freedoms which were taken away under the Patriot Act, and lists more which Ashcroft is pushing for under Patriot II. Obviously, you should only be concerned about losing your liberties if you're a terrorist (or similar dissident)."

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  1. Mirror of AD by jdclucidly · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mirror of the AD in PDF is here (patriot2_ad.pdf).

  2. Re:The harder you push by JJ22 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Otter - Thanks for the insight. Really, there isn't much to the article. Someone in the office pointed out to me the ad from the print copy of the NY Times, and I thought it was great that something that I felt fairly strongly about was getting some press. I was actually disappointed in the other link on the ACLU site (the Safe and Free PDF) as it was more of an ACLU promotional piece than a statement about what needs to be done or even informational about the Patriot Act.

    And yes, I was kind of excited to see something I had submitted (after 12 previous tries) actually get accepted.

    Sorry - no more humor, no more submissions of puff pieces. But rather than advocacy, this was about publicity - which the issue is in dire need of.