POLICE STATE

U.S. Uses Terror Law to Pursue Crimes From Drugs to Swindling

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NEW YORK TIMES– The Bush administration, which calls the USA Patriot Act perhaps its most essential tool in fighting terrorists, has begun using the law with increasing frequency in many criminal investigations that have little or no connection to terrorism. The government is using its expanded authority under the far-reaching law to investigate suspected drug traffickers, white-collar criminals, blackmailers, child … Read More

Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007

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November 2007 PROJECT CENSORED– In a startling affront to American freedoms of expression, privacy, and association, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act (H.R. 1955) passed the House on , by a vote of 404–6. The Senate is currently considering a companion bill, S. 1959. The act would establish a national commission and a university-based “Center for Excellence” to … Read More

The Constitutionality of Police Imposed ‘Free Speech Zones’

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CNN– Last week, the Democratic National Convention (DNC) ended. But the First Amendment issues that were raised there did not. Indeed, they are likely to continue on indefinitely — recurring at the upcoming Republican National Convention (RNC), and similar public events raising intense security concerns. Protesters at the DNC were confined to a fenced-in area — a wire enclosure topped … Read More

ACLU: ‘Constitution Free Zone’ 100 Miles From Border

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(Video Below) RAW STORY– This past summer, Craig Johnson joined dozens of other activists in a San Diego-area park to protest the expansion of a fence along the US-Mexico border. An associate professor at Point Loma Nazarene University, Johnson says he took his two children, aged 8 and 10, to Border Field State Park in Imperial Beach in June. Scores … Read More

Protect America From the Protect America Act

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By Rep. Ron Paul M.D. (R-Texas) Before the US House of Representatives, Jan. 30, 2008 Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the extension of the Protect America Act of 2007 because the underlying legislation violates the U.S. Constitution. The misnamed Protect America Act allows the U.S. government to monitor telephone calls and other electronic communications of American citizens without … Read More