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Total Information Awareness/Patriot Act II

by justicescholar
Someone leaked the existence of Patriot Act II and Bill Moyers discussed it on his show NOW last night. Today, I also found out about the original but short-lived Total Information Awareness website. The ACLU copied the graphic before the government hid it in shame. Their aims were so apparent. This whole scenario gets more surreal as time goes on.
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for the report on the proposed Patriot Act II, go to:

<a href=
"http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/home.asp">"http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/home.asp"

For those who are allergic to clicking links, highlights follow:

Citizens can be stripped of their citizenship and deported if the government decides that they are acting in a way so as not to comport with how a "citizen" acts. Yes, even native born citizens. It happens to naturalized citizens now.

Patriot Act II authorizes "secret" arrests. This means that YOU might be whisked away in the middle of the night and your loved ones would never know where you went.

Section 312, “Appropriate Remedies with Respect to Law Enforcement Surveillance Activities”: This section would terminate all state law enforcement consent decrees before Sept. 11, 2001, not related to racial profiling or other civil rights violations, that limit such agencies from gathering information about individuals and organizations. The authors of this statute claim that these consent orders, which were passed as a result of police spying abuses, could impede current terrorism investigations. It would also place substantial restrictions on future court injunctions.

etcetera, etcetera, etcetera...
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by bov
The idea behind this 'leak' may be to start with an outrageous request in order to get more than they imagined, in the end. The psychology about it is that people are fooled into thinking that the requester has 'conceded' by stepping back from his orginal proposal, when actually he simply asked for twice what he expected to get.

Democrats, as we all now are well aware, are idiots, and fall for this type of sh**.
by JA
I was listening to the Propaganda Broadcasting System's (PBS) Charlie Rose Show on Friday and the America Booster Company's Nightline -- they had guests on that were *REALLY* saying that war was *VERY* close. I believe that the commanders have already been given their orders by the White House! I believe that these shows were psychologically PREPARING the public for IMMINENT WAR! -- without actually saying HEY!: IT"S ONNN!!!

(Maybe that's what this weekend's Code Orange--2nd highest alert--stuff is all about. They psychos in Washington are getting ready to have the whole world against us -- especially the Islamic world. The Washington boys aren't worried: they've got mountain bunker 'cities' to hide in and take their families in--just like Saddam.)

And now Washington's bluster might star another devasting war in Korea! -- one that could turn nuclear!!

THE ONLY THING THAT WILL STOP--OR HALT--WAR IN IRAQ IS ACTION IN THE STREETS AT HOME !!!

Now we ignore our government's reckless foreign policy at the dire peril to our own lives -- if we haven't learned that on 9-11 -- and if the lives of people of color in the Middle East and Asia don't matter as much to most Americans.
by Real Patriot
*Note: On February 10, 2003 I discovered that not only was there a house version that had been covertly brought to Hastert, but that many provisions of the now public Patriot Act II had already been introduced as pork barrel riders on Senate Bill S. 22. Dozens of subsections and even the titles of the subsections are identical to those in the House version. This is very important because it catches the Justice Department in a bald-faced lie. The Justice Department claimed that the secret legislation brought into the House was only for study, and that at this time there was no intention to try and pass it. Now upon reading S. 22, it is clear that the leadership of the Senate is fully aware of the Patriot Act II, and have passed these riders out of their committees into the full bill. I spent two hours scanning through S. 22 and, let me tell you, it is a nightmare for anyone who loves liberty. It even contains the Our Lady of Peace Act that registers all gun owners. It bans the private sale of all firearms, creates a Federal ballistics database, and much more.

The bill itself is stamped “Confidential – Not for Distribution.” Upon reading the analysis and bill, I was stunned by the scientifically crafted tyranny contained in the legislation. The Justice Department Office of Legislative Affairs admits that they had indeed covertly transmitted a copy of the legislation to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, (R-Il) and the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney as well as the executive heads of federal law enforcement agencies.


It is important to note that no member of Congress was allowed to see the first Patriot Act before its passage, and that no debate was tolerate by the House and Senate leadership. The intentions of the White House and Speaker Hastert concerning Patriot Act II appear to be a carbon copy replay of the events that led to the unprecedented passage of the first Patriot Act.

http://www.infowars.com/print_patriotact2_analysis.htm
by TED BOHNE
It occurs to me, after countless hours of investigation into the Bush debacle from the beginning, and the horrific effects world wide and certainly nationwide as a result of this group of criminals which are euphemistically referred to as the "Bush administration," that the time has arrived wherein action heretofore unheard of in US history must now be contemplated. This man was not elected by the people nor did he win by honest electoral vote. He and his cartel are therefore illegitimate, and must not be allowed to continue to speak for this Nation, or continue to erode the rights guaranteed to ALL of the citizens of this nation, not just the wealthy. It is hateful and frightening in the extreme for we, as citizens, to be forced to consider the means to dispatch this cartel forthwith in order to save ourselves, and to avoid an ever increasing battle hyperbole by this cartel causing extreme unrest and fear in the rest of the world. It is not difficult to see how a global conflict including the use of nuclear weapons could and might result from the reckless insanity being regurgitated worldwide by the criminal Bush and his cartel. The imminent attack on the already horribly battered little country of Iraq over alleged WMD which the criminal Bush and his cartel have yet to produce one scintilla of evidence in support of, to avail himself and the rest of the wealthy minority of this Nation, to the vast quantities of oil that lies beneath this beleagered nation, is a crime against humanity in the strictest of terms. It is clear that the criminal Bush and his cartel will continue to invade and steal from other nations if left to their own devices, and this nation will be nothing more than a stalinist police state. It follows, therefore, that this nation must consider the hateful job of taking this nation back from the criminal Bush and his cartel, and the wealthy minoity they represent. This government was invisioned by the framers of the constitution to be the SERVANT of the people, not it's master. Therefore, given that conventional means of redress have failed utterly, it follows that means used to dispose of tyrannical dictators and despots must now be considered. I hope all who read these presents will realise that the time for useless ideology has past, and the time for serious consideration followed by action is at hand.
ted bohne
by a
Be explicit. What do you mean by the "action" you encourage us to undertake? An armed revolution? A mostly peaceful revolution? How about we just start with impeachment proceedings and go from there? Or a general strike?
by mj oakley
With Patriot 2 sliming it's way secretly through the senate we are on the edge of self destructing. The freedoms we say we need to protect are the very ones that are being taken from us. I agree with the above poster.- Impeachment of Bush and Co. is a must and should be started immediately. The man is a sociopath with visons of total power.
by mj oakley
With Patriot 2 sliming it's way secretly through the senate we are on the edge of self destructing. The freedoms we say we need to protect are the very ones that are being taken from us. I agree with the above poster.- Impeachment of Bush and Co. is a must and should be started immediately. The man is a sociopath with visons of total power.
by Jim S. Smith (scorpion081 [at] hotmail.com)
And presenting, Ladies and Gentlemen,

DER GEHEIME STADT POLIZEI ( GESTAPO )!

Now, for your entertainment ( and security, of course ), we will show you just how well government can " Take care of you and yours "!

First, we will require that you totally submit yourselves, without question of course, to a nebulous and ever-expanding bureaucracy that remains faceless to the public, but will continue to give you instruction as to what you SHALL do next.

Then, we will require that you place the care and custody of your children and the infirm within your household, with the federal - er - global - er " friendly " government-hired caretakers. This must be done without question, so as to make their transition to this " New-World way of thinking ". This we will make as painful as possible, so don't worry!

Then, we will require that you turn over all ' ownership ', and/or interest in any physical/private property currently in your possession so as to facilitate the needs and requirements of government. This means EVERYTHING!

Then, we will require you to be " implanted " with an implantable electronic device ( for your protection - of course ) so that we will know your current location at all times.

Then, we will absorb any and all financial instruments under your charge and/or with you named as beneficiary over to the government's ( s' ) approved financial center(s) so that they will be keeping track of the books for you, and budget your spending habits and investments. This all comes for a small price, but it's worth it!

Then, we will assign you to whatever " casual " labor or vocation based on our present needs, so you will not have to worry about being unemployed for too long!

We will also provide government-approved rations at the current ration-rates set by the current policies put into effect. Virtually everyone will provide " nearly-equal " rations based on your performance of your duties.

You will be provided with a place to call home, at least temporarily, courtesy of the government.

You will never need to worry about boardom, as we have found the cure for that too!

You will never need to worry about whom you can or cannot trust. You can and will always trust us!

You will never need to worry about what choice of music, talk radio, political, cultural, or forms or expressions of programming or entertainment to make. We have just the thing to keep what will be left of your mind busy in contemplation and permanent state of confusion!

Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen,
We are here to help, for we are the GOVERNMENT and will always be looking for new ways to keep safe and secure!


-CHEERS!

Jim " The Scorpion " Smith

Radio Free Idaho, SouthWest

by David Reinhart
“First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.”
—Martin Niemoeller, Pastor during the 3rd Reich
by Amused.
Once Patriot Act II becomes law, no one will have any rights. I've researched it extensively, and not can any and all journalists be "disappeared" indefinitely, if not forever, but we also lose all rights to any private firearms transactions. That's right, the Republicans are going to eliminate all gun rights. The plot is so secret and nefarious that NO Democratic congressman has publicly commented on it, even though they were shown copies of the bill. Even worse, the whole leak traces back to a Department of Justice website that plays a Beach Boys song and asks you for donations. Yes, this bill is a bigger conspiracy than the invation of the dreaded Barking Moon Monsters from the planet Orff. Unless you think the Republicans are working to eliminate the NRA.

No wonder nobody takes you guys seriously. You can engage in saner dialogs in a state mental hospital.
by this thing here
... fascism will never happen happen in america.

and i'm president george w. bush II.
by carol brown
Impeach Bush and his cartel but forGod's sake GET RID OF ASHCROFT FIRST!! His office was the ones that drafted up the Patriot Act II in the first place!!
by Rod Freeman
There is a 300+ year old plan that is still using us, against ourselves. That saying "those that don't remember history, are doomed to repeat it" is very real in 2003! Are you ready for the history lesson that your[Patriot Act] government school never told you about?

link
by Dave Johnson (ddjohnson47 [at] hotmail.com)
Some may think that your idea of impeaching the Bush and Ascroft Team as impossible. Guess What! Impeachment of actions other than criminal are clearly outlined in the Federal Letters submitted during the acceptance of the U.S. Constitution. Take a look at Alexander Hamiltons Federalist Letter #65. Bush needs to go. Either the man is a plain coward or he is the most stupid president in U.S. history - or Both.
by ann
i don,t think we need the patriot act it takes away the rest of our freedom!!
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