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11/20/2004
News Gathering Is Illegal Under New Patriot Act ll
By Alex Jones,
InfoWars.com
http://www.rense.com/general59/newsgatheringisillegal.htm
SECTION 102 of the new Patriot Act ll states clearly that any
information gathering, regardless of whether or not those
activities are illegal, can be considered to be clandestine
intelligence activities for a foreign power. This makes news
gathering illegal.
A Brief Analysis of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act 2003 -
Also Known as USA Patriot Act II
Congressman Ron Paul (R-Tex) told the Washington Times that no
member of Congress was allowed to read the first Patriot Act that
was passed by the House on October 27, 2001. The first Patriot Act
was universally decried by civil libertarians and Constitutional
scholars from across the political spectrum. William Safire, while
writing for the New York Times, described the first Patriot Act's
powers by saying that President Bush was "seizing dictatorial
control." On February 7, 2003 the Center for Public Integrity, a
non-partisan public interest think-tank in DC, revealed the full
text of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003. The
classified document had been leaked to them by an unnamed source
inside the Federal government. The document consisted of a 33 page
section by section analysis of the accompanying 87 page bill.
The bill itself is stamped "Confidential - Not for Distribution."
Upon reading the analysis and bill, I was stunned by the
scientifically crafted tyranny contained in the legislation. The
Justice Department Office of Legislative Affairs admits that they
had indeed covertly transmitted a copy of the legislation to
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, (R-Il) and the Vice President
of the United States, Dick Cheney as well as the executive heads of
federal law enforcement agencies.
It is important to note that no member of Congress was allowed to
see the first Patriot Act before its passage, and that no debate
was tolerate by the House and Senate leadership. The intentions of
the White House and Speaker Hastert concerning Patriot Act II
appear to be a carbon copy replay of the events that led to the
unprecedented passage of the first Patriot Act.
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