Has anyone really examined this crap and thought about what it really means?
Various groups have tried to get similar legislation through congress repeatedly prior to these attacks, and they are now using these attacks as an excuse to again push their agendas through congress. Do you know that under the ATA, law enforcement agencies can do a full search of your premises, without providing a search warrant, if they Suspect you might be involved in terrorist activities? SUSPECT..they don't have to have proof. The full act can be found here : http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/20010919_ata_bill.html "The proposed ATA (Section 352) contain a far-reaching provision that would eliminate the current requirement that law enforcement must provide a person subject to a search warrant or order with contemporaneous notice of the search. This significant change in current law would apply to all government searches for material that "constitutes evidence of a criminal offense in violation of the laws of the United States" and is not limited to investigations of terrorist activity. Currently, delayed notification of a search is authorized only under a very small number of circumstances (such as surreptitious electronic surveillance). The expansion of this extraordinary authority to all searches would constitute a radical departure from Fourth Amendment standards and could result in routine surreptitious entries (break-ins) by law enforcement agents." I mean the capacity for this to be abused is enormous! What the hell are these lawmakers thinking? Specifically, all these ammendments and clauses seek to do one thing- remove the judiciary system from the process of law enforcement, making the agencies a law unto themselves without the guidance of elected officials, judges etc. It seems the Law Enforcement Agencies such as the FBI and others want to be able to do what they want, when they want, to whom they wish without having to worry about the law or the US Constitution. To me, this fallout from the WTC Tragedy is just as scary as the expected followup terrorist attacks :( -Gel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
