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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. "
Who defends the ACLU when their liberties are infringed? The ACLCLU?
They should've just redacted it using Adobe Acrobat. :-)
How long before Slashdot is forced to remove this comment specifying what kind of information the ACLU was forced to remove from their online press release, that specified what kind of information FBI agents could request under th*&69#@...[NO CARRIER]
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Anyone have a link that doesn't require registration? I'm sick of telling the WP over and over that I'm a 99 year old woman from Azerbaijan.
This is America, damnit. Speak Spanish!
The first rule of PATRIOT act is, you do not talk about PATRIOT act.
Invoking Godwin's Law in a first post? Wow. Game over.
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I officially declare this thread over.
I must have missed the news about the government rounding up Jewish people.
Jewish people? Aren't they of Middle Eastern descent?
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(A)Too Ironic.
(B)Liable to get me a ticket to Gitmo.
(C)Foolish to criticize the government without using 50 anonymous proxy servers.
(D)Too Ironic.
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The second paragraph read: "The provision under challenge allows an FBI agent to write a letter demanding the disclosure of the name, screen names, addresses, e-mail header information, and other sensitive information held by 'electronic communication service providers.' "
Oooooo... Secret information! Your turn!
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What's interesting also is that the Washington Post story tell's you exactly what it was the ACLU had to take out
Perhaps the PATRIOT act has a "fair use" exception?
"The Bush administration is directly responsible for the Ashcroft DoJ's fullscale assault, including but not limited to the "USA-PATRIOT Act," on traditional American liberties."
Actually, it was Osama's fault.
Because a republican would rather slit his own wrist then vote for a democrat no matter how shitty the republican candidate is or how much they disagree with him.
;-)
Deal.
Do we have to wait for November?
(Sorry, couldn't resist...)
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Can you say BIRTH TAX
Broke the story?!? As in 'made sure it was published as a one line story on page sixteen of the entertainment section?' When did YOU first hear about it? Why wasn't something done in January? And who besides the poor patsies at the bottom did they demote?
Court martials for the people who did it, honorable discharge for their superiors, slaps on the wrist for THEIR superiors, and the Secretary of Defense gets called "The Best Defense Secretary Evar."
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Mod parent UP! Let's see if the DOJ attacks /. for providing freedom of information.
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Uh oh...Your comment is going to disappear like that scientology thing. :-)
What?
How about....
"MICHAEL JACKSON hasn't seen article about Justice Department Censoring ACLU Web Site"
Or
"KOBI BRYANT in Court; Court Rules ACLU Violated Anti-Terror Law"
At least they'll get read.
I hereby propose the creation of a new mod point, -1 Tinfoil Hat.
Or, since this is Slashdot, perhaps that should be +1 Tinfoil Hat.
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"We can't be subjecting people to laws they are not even allowed to know about now can we? This sounds more like the behavior of a certain former leader the US just ejected from Iraq. Say it ain't so."
It also sounds like a game of Calvin Ball gone horribly wrong.
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This November promises new opportunities to the depths of being ashamed to be an American -- consider the potential of Bush being re-elected.
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