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Justice Department Censors ACLU Web Site
phr1 writes "According to the Washington Post, the ACLU was forced to remove a paragraph from their online press release, that specified what kind of information FBI agents could request under the Patriot Act that the ACLU has been suing over. "
I don't think so.
Our rights as Americans are being destroyed, slowly through the use of legislature. Why do you think they don't want us to see what's on there? Because they have something to HIDE. Maybe I'm paranoid, maybe this is a matter of 'national security' that excuse seems to get anything through the house and the senate. If the government does not want us to know what laws we cannot break, maybe the laws are outlandish, maybe they're blatent violations of personal rights. Who knows, since that information is not allowed to the public. Not lettin people know what the government is allowed to do, reminds me of Soviet Russia under Stalin. They lived in fear. We do not yet live in a totalitarian government, but not letting people know what laws we have, is one small step twoards it.
The Patriot Act was enacted right after September 11'th. This was when there was fear in everybody. But, "Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither"
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They said its time to get Mr. Bush and his Nazi party out of the white house.
this is a prime candidate for +5 Flamebait. c'mon mods, you can do it!
The frenzied /. Bush-haters will love this story. They will not RTFA, which describes the revision as a secrecy order protecting disclosure of court-related information material to the case. Bush is not "out to shut down the ACLU" which is what the narrow-minded, maniacal, anti-Bush swarm will believe. Hell, they practically have him holding the leash.
It should be regime. I always say regime. It tells the listener exactly what you think right away. This is a violent and corrupt *regime* centered around a president who WAS NOT ELECTED. There is no legitimacy here, hence Bush is not entitled to the more polite word "administration". Notice all enemies of the US govt are called regimes and all friends are called administrations. There is a reason.
There were terrorists in Iraq, and there are specific instances of terrorists arrested since Saddam fell.
If the rest of the drivel you typed is as inaccurite as that, I'm glad I quit reading your misleading untruths.
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You want a gun? Join a well-regulated militia.
Yeah, gun-toting rednecks are going to retake the government. Sure. The people of Iraq had the right to bear arms; why did Saddam stay in power for so long if all that was required was for everyone with a gun to rally against the government?