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(updated July 29, 2003)

 

Ashcroft is at it again! He is forced to defend the Patriot Act with lies and half-truths: he claims it ‘doesn’t affect U.S. persons’. 

 

·        Patriot Act report documents civil rights complaints:   "This report shows there are more victims of John Ashcroft's war on the Constitution," said Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan. "The attorney general appears on television nearly every week claiming to protect us, while he simultaneously dismantles our civil liberties and civil rights. Will the Justice Department ever admit that it has gone too far?"

 

·        Washington Post:  No choice but guilty: The federal government forces ‘confessions’ by threatening to lock up foreigners forever. “There's little difference between beating someone over the head and making a threat like that.”

 

·        309 House members join the ACLU in opposing the Patriot Act

 

·        Kansas City Star Op Ed: Violations of the Patriot act should be taken seriously.

 

·        Bush faces domestic revolt over Patriot Act

 

 

 

 

Archives:

·        In these times: Big Liberty is watching

 

·        The Onion (satire): Bush asks Congress for $30 billion for War on Criticism

 

·        The sixth annual Muzzle Awards: Ten who undermined freedom of speech and personal liberties

 

·        ACLU: Mainstream movement to protect civil liberties is growing

 

·        Christian Science Monitor: Computer assisted passenger prescreening system

 

·        BBC: Big troubles in Little Pakistan

 

·        Amnesty International: Presidential order on military tribunals threatens fundamental principles

 

·        Center for Constitutional Rights:  Detailed analysis of the USA Patriot Act

 

 

More links will be added on a regular basis.  For more information on the Patriot Act and how it infringes upon YOUR civil liberties, check out the national Bill of Rights Defense Committee website. If you would like to be involved in local efforts, contact us at [email protected].

 

 

 

 

 

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