Conspiracy
Contents
Removal of Liberties, Destruction of the Constitution
The "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act"
- CommonDreams.org: 11/19/07 Here Come the Thought Police
- Excerpt: With overwhelming bipartisan support, Rep. Jane Harman’s “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act” passed the House 404-6 late last month and now rests in Sen. Joe Lieberman’s Homeland Security Committee. Swift Senate passage appears certain. Not since the “Patriot Act” of 2001 has any bill so threatened our constitutionally guaranteed rights.
- LiveLeak.com: 5/26/06 Watch Man tasered for videotaping warrantless police search.
Fighting Back Within the System
- Excerpt: The Senate plans to take up legislation as early as this week to rein in the Bush Administration's spying powers by reforming the controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Caroline Fredrickson, director of the Washington Legislative Office of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), says that when Congress rushed through wiretapping legislation this past August, they made a grave mistake. 'The Administration bill basically writes August’s mistake in stone,' she wrote in a press release Tuesday. 'It does nothing to protect Americans' communications and violates the Fourth Amendment requirement that courts supervise any spying on American soil.'
Arrested for Protesting with a Sign?
The NAU
Culprits
The Bush Administration
Academic Response
External Links
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