Proponents of "Patriot" often claim that the law always allowed such and such. Really, then why was the law changed? Then there's the claim that it will only be used to combat "terrorism". But a 9/29/03 front page NY Times article describes hundreds of non-terrorism uses to which the new law's already been put.

Secret subpoenas, secret searches of citizens' homes, detention of American citizens indefinitely without charge, military tribunals of American citizens allowed by "Patriot" are PLAINLY IN VIOLATION of the 1st 4th 5th, 6th and 7th ammendments.

Patriot Acts I and II are part of the Bush administration's radical attack on our civil liberties and the Constitution, and have made many of us angry enough to fight back to stop it.


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