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Friday, June 10, 2005 |
News: "Forget scaling back the Patriot Act.
Instead, the controversial post-9/11 law would be expanded to give the FBI new powers to demand documents from companies without a judge's approval, according to a vote late Tuesday by the Senate Intelligence committee.
The final text of the Senate Intelligence committee's amendments was not immediately available, and reporters were barred from the secret session during which the vote was held.
But the proposal appears to grant the FBI more power to seek information from banks, hospitals, libraries, and so on through 'administrative subpoenas' without prior judicial oversight. The subpoenas are only supposed to be used for terrorism or clandestine intelligence cases."
Reuters: "The American Civil Liberties Union says the act created an overly broad definition of 'domestic terrorism' that could apply to some protesters, including pro-abortion rights demonstrators or anti-war protesters."
In the meantime, fraud and deception are rampant in politics and government.
"The depth of corruption in Ohio might set national records... I think the George Bush campaign raised a lot of illegal money in Ohio. That puts the election in some question. I know these people stop at nothing and I know their incompetence kept a significant number of people from getting to vote."
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© Copyright 2005 Hetty Litjens.
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