Even good Republicans are worried...
The following reminds us of the famous statement by Martin Niemöller:
"First they came for the Jews. I was silent. I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists. I was silent. I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists. I was silent. I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me. There was no one left to speak for me."
Unfathomed Dangers in PATRIOT Act Reauthorization
by Paul Craig Roberts
[The author was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions. He can be reached at: pcroberts@postmark.net.]
A provision in the "PATRIOT Act" creates a new federal police force with the power to violate the Bill of Rights. You might think that this cannot be true, as you have not read about it in newspapers or heard it discussed by talking heads on TV.
Go to House Report 109-333 USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and check it out for yourself. Sec. 605 reads:
"There is hereby created and established a permanent police force, to be known as the 'United States Secret Service Uniformed Division.'"
This new federal police force is "subject to the supervision of the Secretary of Homeland Security."
The new police are empowered to "make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony."
(For the entire article see "Unfathomed Dangers in PATRIOT Act Reauthorization".)
"First they came for the Jews. I was silent. I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists. I was silent. I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists. I was silent. I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me. There was no one left to speak for me."
Unfathomed Dangers in PATRIOT Act Reauthorization
by Paul Craig Roberts
[The author was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions. He can be reached at: pcroberts@postmark.net.]
A provision in the "PATRIOT Act" creates a new federal police force with the power to violate the Bill of Rights. You might think that this cannot be true, as you have not read about it in newspapers or heard it discussed by talking heads on TV.
Go to House Report 109-333 USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and check it out for yourself. Sec. 605 reads:
"There is hereby created and established a permanent police force, to be known as the 'United States Secret Service Uniformed Division.'"
This new federal police force is "subject to the supervision of the Secretary of Homeland Security."
The new police are empowered to "make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony."
(For the entire article see "Unfathomed Dangers in PATRIOT Act Reauthorization".)
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We are now engaged in a war against an unconventional enemy, one that, without extensive inelligence to expose their network, can strike fear into the American psyche with another terrorist attack. To me, it is completely obvious that our government has an obligation to do everything within its power to protect us from such an attack.
The question arises then; "is it within the government's power to tap phones, use satilite survalience, ect?" According to the ever-changing left, that has, on this issue, morphed into strict constitutionalists, the governmant has no business tapping the lines of known radical islamic cells in the United States. At the same time, liberals like Hillary Clinton are on a crusade against the constitution, encouraging bans and restrictions on guns. This is a prime example of how far removed the left has become. They now focus on the disarment of Americans, but do nothing to encourage the nuclear disarment of tyrants abroad. In their attack on the constitution in regards to "the right to bear arms," the left has explained that "the world has changed since the constitution was written, guns, and the science of making them has improved such that they are too powerful for the average man" - which is true! On that same note, the left refuses to awknowlegde the progression, or recently, the mere existence of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
So concluding, I would use the same argument in defense of the Patriot Act, the world has changed, and the threat of nuclear attack is real. We must consider the stakes. Civilization as we know it is in the balance. Nuclear Weapons are a scary reality that must be confronted, and above all else, The United States must keep tabs on who has them, and who might want to do harm to the citizens of the United States - all are applicable to the Patriot Act.
No one is criticizing the President for authorizing wiretaps. What they are objecting to is his refusal to seek warrants as prescribed by law. And it's not just the so-called "left" that is objecting; it's Republicans as well.
For further discussion of this issue, see Larry C. Johnson's article, "What is Bush Hiding?"
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