SCN: Re: FW: The USA PATRIOT Act

[patrick]

Doug,

Thank you for posting the message. 

It's a scary thing: Every time "something" happens in this country,
any kind of incident, it seems there is a tendency to make a new law
to stop the "bad."

I am not against legislation. It is just that: Remember Slade Gorton
running that ad with those seniors walking around, all up in arms and
angry? The woman looks at the camera and says, "We need a law!"

America is maturing and more and more laws get written. Many good,
but many just a knee-jerk reaction of the public and politicians.

Patrick

--- Doug Schuler <douglas at scn.org> wrote:
> 
> Bad news for the country...
> 
> -- Doug
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The Nation Magazine [mailto:emailnation at thenation.com]
> > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 1:15 PM
> > To: The Nation Magazine
> > Subject: The USA PATRIOT Act
> > 
> > 
> > Dear EmailNation Subscriber,
> > 
> > President Bush signed a broad anti-terrorism bill into law at a
> White
> > House ceremony this morning, granting federal authorities
> unprecedented
> > surveillance and intelligence-gathering powers.
> > 
> > In addition to permitting authorities to use more overseas
> intelligence
> > information, the measure allows for longer detentions of suspects
> who are
> > not US citizens, grants the FBI broad access to sensitive
> personal
> > records, makes the payment of membership dues to political
> organizations a
> > potentially deportable offense, expands wiretapping authority
> while
> > decreasing judicial supervision and creates a broad new
> definition of
> > "domestic terrorism" that could target people who engage in acts
> of
> > political protest and subject them to wiretapping and enhanced
> penalties.
> > 
> > The bill, crafted in Attorney General John Ashcroft’s office in
> the wake
> > of last month's terrorist attacks, passed both houses of Congress
> > overwhelmingly Thursday. Rare are the moments in American history
> when a
> > Congress has surrendered so many cherished freedoms in a single
> trip to
> > the altar of immediate fear.
> > 
> > As Laura Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington National Office,
> told The
> > Nation: "This bill goes light years beyond what is necessary to
> combat
> > terrorism. Included in the bill are provisions that would allow
> for the
> > mistreatment of immigrants, the suppression of dissent and the
> > investigation and surveillance of wholly innocent Americans."
> > 
> > For the full story read the latest installment of John Nichols's
> Online
> > Beat currently at:
> > 
> > http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/
> > 
> > And don't miss these editorials, articles and columns from the
> new
> > November 12, 2001 issue of The Nation:
> > 
> > JONATHAN SCHELL: The New Brink
> > http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011112&s=schell
> > 
> > ERIC ALTERMAN: 'Blowback,' the Prequel
> > http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011112&s=alterman
> > 
> > BRUCE SHAPIRO: Information Lockdown
> > http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011112&s=shapiro
> > 
> > IAN URBINA: US Bows to Turkey
> > http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011112&s=urbina
> > 
> > JOSHUA B. FREEMAN: Working-class Heros
> > http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011112&s=freeman
> > 
> > MICHAEL MASSING: Media Watch: Seven Days In October
> > http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011112&s=massing
> > 
> > WILLIAM GREIDER: Pro Patria, Pro Mundus
> > http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011112&s=greider
> > 
> > 
> > SEPTEMBER 11 RESOURCES
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> > 
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> > 
> > 
> > WHAT IS PATRIOTISM?
> > 
> > Ten years ago, The Nation published a special issue on patriotism
> (July
> > 15/22, 1991), which addressed just what patriotism is and ought
> to be.
> > Given the relevance of the question today, we've re-published
> selections
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