18 Feb
2003
18 Feb
'03
3:03 a.m.
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Eric Dittman wrote:
Besides, you and everyone else seem to miss the worst
part of the
Patriot Act II: The government wants the power to strip people suspected
of, or dealing with, organizations the government declares to be
terrorist in nature, of their U.S. citizenship. That's the most scary
part. It has been hard in the past to strip someone of their
citizenship, and there had to be a reason to declare an organization of
being terrorist in nature. With PAII, they can declare it, strip people
of their citizenship, then send them off. Where's the checks and
balances?
Eric, this has already happened. Remember Joseph Padilla? Exactly.
PAII will just put into legislation what the gubment has already assumed
power to do. They just want to make it "legal".
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