PATRIOT Act : Learn How it Violates
Starmail - 9. Okt, 22:36
Patriot Act
9
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2004
8
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2004
2
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2004
House 9/11 Commission Bill Includes Patriot II, National ID Card, Worst Anti-Immigration Measures in Decade
In addition to additional law enforcement powers, like those granted in the original 2001 USA Patriot Act, the new bill in the House of Representatives to implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission would likely create what amounts to a national identification card, and would harm basic fairness in the nation? immigration system, the American Civil Liberties Union said today. "Republican leadership is either trying to torpedo the 9/11 Commission? recommendations with a poison pill, or is attempting to muscle through a narrow policy agenda using must-pass legislation," said Laura W. Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. "Both scenarios are unacceptable." At issue is the House version of legislation drafted in response to the recently completed 9/11 Commission. Though the commission notably did not include any recommendation that the Patriot Act be extended, or that due process and judicial review in the immigration system be curtailed, House Republicans included such provisions anyway.
The inclusion of some parts of the Patriot II legislation is drawing increasing criticism, especially after a group of 9/11 widows appealed to lawmakers this week to not let such divisive provisions derail the bill.
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=16572&c=206
EFF Says the Draft "PATRIOT II" Legislation Goes Too Far
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20040927172244844
U.S. Patriot Act raises Canadian privacy fears
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N21450007.htm
From:
Aftermath News
Top Stories - October 2nd, 2004
The inclusion of some parts of the Patriot II legislation is drawing increasing criticism, especially after a group of 9/11 widows appealed to lawmakers this week to not let such divisive provisions derail the bill.
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=16572&c=206
EFF Says the Draft "PATRIOT II" Legislation Goes Too Far
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20040927172244844
U.S. Patriot Act raises Canadian privacy fears
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N21450007.htm
From:
Aftermath News
Top Stories - October 2nd, 2004
Starmail - 2. Okt, 17:50
1
Okt
2004
PATRIOT Act bröckelt
US: Notstandsgesetz PATRIOT Act bröckelt
Langsam beginnt der PATRIOT ACT, von dem der grassierende Biometrie-Wahnsinn ausgelöst wurde, zu bröckeln. Justizminister Ashcroft erklärte seinen europäischen Ministerkollegen derweil, dass Fingerabdrücke dasselbe wie Passfotos seien.
Die Erfassung persönlicher Daten von Internet-Nutzern und Telefonkunden in den USA verstößt nach einem neuen Urteil gegen die Verfassung.
Ein Bezirksrichter untersagte dem FBI, weitere Anträge auf die Überlassung derartiger Daten zu stellen.
Die im Patriot Act erlaubte Datensammlung verstößt nach dem Urteil gegen das Recht auf freie Rede, wie es der erste US-Verfassungszusatz garantiert.
Auch der vierte Verfassungszusatz werde verletzt, weil die Betroffenen von dem Vorgehen der Polizeibehörde nicht in Kenntnis gesetzt werden und somit auch nicht dagegen vorgehen können.
[...]
Er habe das Urteil zwar noch nicht gelesen, erklärte US-Justizminister Ashcroft am Rande eines Treffens mit den EU-Ressortchefs im niederländischen Scheveningen.
"Die Regierung ist aber sicher, dass das Gesetz mit der US-Verfassung in Einklang steht", sagte Ashcroft. Eine Berufung sei "so gut wie sicher".
Mehr davon:
http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=252467
Die USA haben ihre systematische Erhebung der Fingerabdrücke von Reisenden in die USA verteidigt.
Justizminister John Ashcroft sagte nach einem Treffen mit seinen EU-Amtskollegen am Donnerstag im niederländischen Scheveningen, ein Fingerabdruck sei ein biometrisches Merkmal wie ein Passfoto. Solche Daten würden weltweit erhoben.
"Den USA ist es sehr wichtig, wie sie von den Europäern gesehen werden", meinte Ashcroft. Er glaube an einen Konsens der Staaten beiderseits des Atlantiks in Fragen der Terrorbekämpfung.
Mehr davon:
http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=252388
relayed by Harkank
Quelle: quintessenz-list Digest, Vol 19, Issue 1
Langsam beginnt der PATRIOT ACT, von dem der grassierende Biometrie-Wahnsinn ausgelöst wurde, zu bröckeln. Justizminister Ashcroft erklärte seinen europäischen Ministerkollegen derweil, dass Fingerabdrücke dasselbe wie Passfotos seien.
Die Erfassung persönlicher Daten von Internet-Nutzern und Telefonkunden in den USA verstößt nach einem neuen Urteil gegen die Verfassung.
Ein Bezirksrichter untersagte dem FBI, weitere Anträge auf die Überlassung derartiger Daten zu stellen.
Die im Patriot Act erlaubte Datensammlung verstößt nach dem Urteil gegen das Recht auf freie Rede, wie es der erste US-Verfassungszusatz garantiert.
Auch der vierte Verfassungszusatz werde verletzt, weil die Betroffenen von dem Vorgehen der Polizeibehörde nicht in Kenntnis gesetzt werden und somit auch nicht dagegen vorgehen können.
[...]
Er habe das Urteil zwar noch nicht gelesen, erklärte US-Justizminister Ashcroft am Rande eines Treffens mit den EU-Ressortchefs im niederländischen Scheveningen.
"Die Regierung ist aber sicher, dass das Gesetz mit der US-Verfassung in Einklang steht", sagte Ashcroft. Eine Berufung sei "so gut wie sicher".
Mehr davon:
http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=252467
Die USA haben ihre systematische Erhebung der Fingerabdrücke von Reisenden in die USA verteidigt.
Justizminister John Ashcroft sagte nach einem Treffen mit seinen EU-Amtskollegen am Donnerstag im niederländischen Scheveningen, ein Fingerabdruck sei ein biometrisches Merkmal wie ein Passfoto. Solche Daten würden weltweit erhoben.
"Den USA ist es sehr wichtig, wie sie von den Europäern gesehen werden", meinte Ashcroft. Er glaube an einen Konsens der Staaten beiderseits des Atlantiks in Fragen der Terrorbekämpfung.
Mehr davon:
http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=252388
relayed by Harkank
Quelle: quintessenz-list Digest, Vol 19, Issue 1
Starmail - 1. Okt, 15:54
30
Sep
2004
Judge blocks part of Patriot Act
Provision of Patriot Act Is Ruled Unconstitutional
The article below describing today's court ruling declaring part of the Patriot Act unconstitutional represents a victory for freedom for all Americans. Veterans for Common Sense believes our freedoms of expression, speech, press, assembly, religion, privacy, due process, voting, and equal protection under the law must not be traded for any real or imagined claim of urgency or security.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2109
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Judge blocks part of Patriot Act
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/29/secret.searches.ap/index.htm
Informant: scott70184l
The article below describing today's court ruling declaring part of the Patriot Act unconstitutional represents a victory for freedom for all Americans. Veterans for Common Sense believes our freedoms of expression, speech, press, assembly, religion, privacy, due process, voting, and equal protection under the law must not be traded for any real or imagined claim of urgency or security.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2109
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Judge blocks part of Patriot Act
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/29/secret.searches.ap/index.htm
Informant: scott70184l
Starmail - 30. Sep, 23:49
Übertriebene Geheimhaltung kann Waffe der Selbstzerstörung sein
New Yorker Bundesrichter erklärt weitere Teile des Patriot Act für verfassungswidrig...
http://www.telepolis.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/18455/1.html
http://www.telepolis.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/18455/1.html
Starmail - 30. Sep, 22:57
28
Sep
2004
Final Piece of Police State Puzzle Ready
Starmail - 28. Sep, 18:45
23
Sep
2004
House Plans to Revive Parts of Patriot Act II
This is moving an unconstitutional process. Being that, void of law and unenforceable. The PEOPLE have to be the enforcers on those who are enforcing outlaw rules. Do not let this agenda get hold in America or the Republic is a memory. It is UP TO US. SAY NO TO OUTLAW RULES NOW. STOP THIS MACHINE. Do NOT be deceived that it has anything at all to do with protecting anybody. We have to start protecting ourselves from those who have subverted the law.
A Voice for Children
House Plans to Revive Parts of Patriot Act II as Senate 9/11 Commission Bill Advances
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB3OV0KGZD.html
by Jesse J. Holland Associated Press Writer
Published: Sep 23, 2004
WASHINGTON (AP) - House leaders want to increase federal investigators' anti-terrorism powers similiar to a Patriot Act II draft proposal from last year, as senators make final changes in their legislation addressing the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations.
In a draft of the House GOP legislation obtained by The Associated Press, many of the provisions were similar to the draft copy of the "Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003" that a nonprofit group said had leaked out of the Justice Department in January 2003.
Justice Department officials said at that time that they had made no final decision on the legislation, and never submitted it to Congress. But many of the anti-terrorism provisions of that draft show up in the House discussion draft section on terrorism prevention and prosecution that is part of the proposed House legislation.
Among the provisions are measures on the deportation of aliens who become members of or help terrorist groups, required pretrial detention for terrorism suspects, warrants against non-citizens even when a target can't be tied directly to a foreign power, and enhanced penalties for threats or attempts to use chemical or nuclear weapons against the United States, including attacks through the mail system.
A spokesman for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said Wednesday that House members were still working on a final version of the legislation.
A Justice Department spokesman said they had not seen the House draft. Republicans have hailed the Patriot Act as a critical tool in the post-Sept. 11 war on terrorism, while many Democrats charge it authorizes heavy-handed infringements on civil liberties. The House is expected to begin marking up the far-reaching bill next week.
The Senate, meanwhile, is expected to begin final consideration of its legislation creating a national intelligence director and a national counterterrorism center next week. The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted 17-0 to send a bill to the full Senate for consideration, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., has blocked off the week to work on it, said Sen. Susan Collins, the committee chairwoman.
Several senators are calling for a slower pace, saying the changes are too far reaching to rush. "I'm willing to break with the president and say, 'Let's not do this before the election,'" Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, said Wednesday.
Collins, R-Maine, said she vehemently disagrees with those who want to wait. "If we wait till next year, I would bet you that nothing will happen," she said.
Senate leaders plan to add other 9/11 commission recommendations when the bill reaches the floor. But the House's draft deals with many facets of the intelligence and national security structure up front.
The Sept. 11 commission contended the nation's 15 military and civilian intelligence agencies' failure to cooperate precluded an effective defense that might have prevented the 2001 terror attacks on New York City and Washington. The panel recommended creation of a national intelligence director to control and coordinate all the agencies.
In addition, the commission called for more safeguards at home, such as setting national standards for issuance of drivers' licenses and other identification, improving "no-fly" and other terrorist watch lists and using more biometric identifiers to screen travelers at ports and borders.
House leaders are expected to take the White House's suggestions on creating a national intelligence director who would control the nation's 15 intelligence agencies. The House plan would let the intelligence chief coordinate nonmilitary spy agencies, but would limit the director's hiring and budgetary control - making that position weaker than envisioned by the 9/11 commission and the Senate.
The House draft also addresses the other recommendations by instituting tighter controls on birth certificates and creating an electronic birth and death registration system and tightening up driver license requirements.
The draft obtained by the AP also shows House Republicans want increased border security and customs agents and crackdowns on illegal immigration, including fines of up to $10,000 and possible prison time for illegal immigrants, and penalties for states who don't allow their local law enforcement agents to help with immigration enforcement.
AP-ES-09-23-04 0256EDT
A Voice for Children
House Plans to Revive Parts of Patriot Act II as Senate 9/11 Commission Bill Advances
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB3OV0KGZD.html
by Jesse J. Holland Associated Press Writer
Published: Sep 23, 2004
WASHINGTON (AP) - House leaders want to increase federal investigators' anti-terrorism powers similiar to a Patriot Act II draft proposal from last year, as senators make final changes in their legislation addressing the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations.
In a draft of the House GOP legislation obtained by The Associated Press, many of the provisions were similar to the draft copy of the "Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003" that a nonprofit group said had leaked out of the Justice Department in January 2003.
Justice Department officials said at that time that they had made no final decision on the legislation, and never submitted it to Congress. But many of the anti-terrorism provisions of that draft show up in the House discussion draft section on terrorism prevention and prosecution that is part of the proposed House legislation.
Among the provisions are measures on the deportation of aliens who become members of or help terrorist groups, required pretrial detention for terrorism suspects, warrants against non-citizens even when a target can't be tied directly to a foreign power, and enhanced penalties for threats or attempts to use chemical or nuclear weapons against the United States, including attacks through the mail system.
A spokesman for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said Wednesday that House members were still working on a final version of the legislation.
A Justice Department spokesman said they had not seen the House draft. Republicans have hailed the Patriot Act as a critical tool in the post-Sept. 11 war on terrorism, while many Democrats charge it authorizes heavy-handed infringements on civil liberties. The House is expected to begin marking up the far-reaching bill next week.
The Senate, meanwhile, is expected to begin final consideration of its legislation creating a national intelligence director and a national counterterrorism center next week. The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday voted 17-0 to send a bill to the full Senate for consideration, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., has blocked off the week to work on it, said Sen. Susan Collins, the committee chairwoman.
Several senators are calling for a slower pace, saying the changes are too far reaching to rush. "I'm willing to break with the president and say, 'Let's not do this before the election,'" Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, said Wednesday.
Collins, R-Maine, said she vehemently disagrees with those who want to wait. "If we wait till next year, I would bet you that nothing will happen," she said.
Senate leaders plan to add other 9/11 commission recommendations when the bill reaches the floor. But the House's draft deals with many facets of the intelligence and national security structure up front.
The Sept. 11 commission contended the nation's 15 military and civilian intelligence agencies' failure to cooperate precluded an effective defense that might have prevented the 2001 terror attacks on New York City and Washington. The panel recommended creation of a national intelligence director to control and coordinate all the agencies.
In addition, the commission called for more safeguards at home, such as setting national standards for issuance of drivers' licenses and other identification, improving "no-fly" and other terrorist watch lists and using more biometric identifiers to screen travelers at ports and borders.
House leaders are expected to take the White House's suggestions on creating a national intelligence director who would control the nation's 15 intelligence agencies. The House plan would let the intelligence chief coordinate nonmilitary spy agencies, but would limit the director's hiring and budgetary control - making that position weaker than envisioned by the 9/11 commission and the Senate.
The House draft also addresses the other recommendations by instituting tighter controls on birth certificates and creating an electronic birth and death registration system and tightening up driver license requirements.
The draft obtained by the AP also shows House Republicans want increased border security and customs agents and crackdowns on illegal immigration, including fines of up to $10,000 and possible prison time for illegal immigrants, and penalties for states who don't allow their local law enforcement agents to help with immigration enforcement.
AP-ES-09-23-04 0256EDT
Starmail - 23. Sep, 15:13
15
Sep
2004
Erosion of Civil Liberties under the USA PATRIOT Act
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=orvxq7n6.4l8gm9n6.cfbjf7n6.tiniiyn6.80374&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tompaine.com%2Findex.php%23passiton
See the trailer of this new ACLU-sponsored film about the erosion of civil liberties under the USA PATRIOT Act:
http://www.aclu.org/unconstitutional/trailer.html
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See the trailer of this new ACLU-sponsored film about the erosion of civil liberties under the USA PATRIOT Act:
http://www.aclu.org/unconstitutional/trailer.html
(Requires RealPlayer OR Windows Media Player)
Starmail - 15. Sep, 18:06
Opposing the Patriot Act
State Of The Union: Opposing the Patriot Act
BBC News [UK]
09/13/04
Go down to any city hall in any mid-sized American community and listen to the noise of democracy. You will hear the usual complaints about neighbours whose dogs are too loud, about roads that need to be fixed, about cops that eat too many doughnuts. You will also hear tributes to soldiers at war and girl scouts at home. And, most likely, you will also hear a big family fight over the Patriot Act, a law passed just after the 11 September attacks that has tested the limits of civil liberties in the United States...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3651542.stm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
BBC News [UK]
09/13/04
Go down to any city hall in any mid-sized American community and listen to the noise of democracy. You will hear the usual complaints about neighbours whose dogs are too loud, about roads that need to be fixed, about cops that eat too many doughnuts. You will also hear tributes to soldiers at war and girl scouts at home. And, most likely, you will also hear a big family fight over the Patriot Act, a law passed just after the 11 September attacks that has tested the limits of civil liberties in the United States...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3651542.stm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 15. Sep, 10:33
