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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- COMMENT: Sneaky Rider.Dear A-Letter Reader: There is a proposed bill floating around the US Congress, HR 3179, the 'Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act' and you need to know more about it. It appears congressional leaders don't want you to know much about this unneeded monstrosity -- and when you understand it, you'll realize why they're hiding it. This legislation would, if enacted into law, greatly expand the federal police powers already granted under the PATRIOT Act. Unlike most important bills, this one has had only cursory hearings. And not only would it further curtail basic American constitutional rights, but some provisions seriously, and without reason, threaten financial privacy. One of its most troubling provisions involves new powers for FBI searches ordered under what is called 'National Security Letters'. These are to be issued by FBI agents without court review and can demand access to individual or business records even without showing any individual suspicion of crime. Unlike a subpoena, these FBI letters can't be challenged in court. This bill would make it a crime to notify the subject of the search or to reveal the fact to anyone, even to a congressional committee. In other words, there would be no oversight and no appeal. Taken together with PATRIOT Act powers for secret searches of homes and offices, the Security Letters are a wide open hunting license. The government long ago abandoned the fiction that this is needed to fight 'terrorism.' These laws are being used to fight any sort of alleged crime the government decides to target without 4th Amendment restraints. Some US congressional 'leaders' have been trying to sneak this kind of attack on freedom through the backdoor. Realizing the groundswell of opposition to the PATRIOT Act and its expansion, they're trying to tag such proposals onto other bills as unnoticed riders. Washington needs to hear the voices of citizens who oppose both terrorism and unnecessary sacrifice of our liberty. That's the way that it looks from here. Bob Bauman, Editor PS: For my new report on the PATRIOT Act, click here; http://www.youreletters.com/t/35357/2345024/538/0/ ======================================================================== COMMENT LINKS: * HR 3179: Do we need an expanded Patriot Act? LINK: � http://www.washingtontimes.com/commentary/20040726-090230-9970r.htm * 9/11 panel proposes liberties watchdog. LINK: � http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040727-103447-4298r.htm * US Senate: http://www.senate.gov/ US House: http://www.house.gov/ ======================================================================== [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <FONT COLOR="#000099">Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 </FONT><A HREF="http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/aQSolB/TM";><B>Click Here!</B></A> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ---------------------------------- Smash The State WWW http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smashthestate Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smashthestate/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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