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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. Re:Majority by bofkentucky · · Score: 0, Troll

    Do you have a job....doing something other than sustinence farming, then good luck finding one after your tax plan rolls through.

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  2. The real threat is not GWB, but the future by rpresser · · Score: 1, Troll

    I am not really worried about GWB, Ashcroft & Co. I happen to think that they are honchos with a hardon for Saddam, and I hesitate to think of what might happen with the three of them in a dark room together ... but the ugly truth is, nothing this gang of idi^Wpoliticians does is likely to severely impinge on my lifestyle.

    The danger is setting a precedent. What if the next administration, or even an administration 50 years from now, is led by people as paranoid as Norman Bates? It's right there in the law, they can declare any group that opposes them to be a terrorist group and start the secret arrests.

    Think about it, all you Rabid Republicans. Would you want Bill Clinton's administration to have the powers that you are so willing to give GWB? Or worse yet (gasp!) HILLARY CLINTON? She very well might run in 4 or 8 or even 16 years...