PATRIOT Bill US

[Bruce Tober]

In message <002b01c14bec$903a7600$3200000a@adriansace.92tr.freeserve.co.
uk>, Adrian Midgley <amidgley@members.swis.net> writes
>From: Donald ramsbottom <donald@ramsbottom.co.uk>
>
>>(PATRIOT) Act of 2001, can be found via Cryptome at:
>>
>>http://cryptome.org/patriot.htm
>>
>>It is 122 pages long, so it is not light reading.
>
>
>So <counts on fingers, probably incorrectly> it is about 22 days since the
>need for this legislation suddenly became apparent, and here is 122 pages of
>carefully thought out legislation that doesn't owe anything to an agenda

Well, as it says, "To combat terrorism, and for other purposes." It's
that last phrase that worries me more than the first. "Carefully thought
out"? I wonder. I'm no lawyer, but I'm sure there are many who could
find many not so "carefully thought out" sections of this bill.

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