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There wasn't much debate about the decision, says a Democratic Senate aide who was involved in the negotiation. "Frankly, it wasn't as high a priority as FBI wiretaps and some of the other things being debated." The formula first appeared in the Patriot Act bill on Oct. 23. One day later, it was passed by the House. "Nobody even noticed it until five months later," remembers a House aide...
...confused days after 9/11, when Capitol Hill offices were closed after several were contaminated by letters containing anthrax, a small group of House and Senate leaders got together with Bush Administration staff members in a corner of the Capitol to write the homeland-security funding portion of the USA Patriot Act--a massive and sweeping bill that was propelled into law just six weeks after Sept. 11. Under the direction of Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, then chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, they decided to adopt a formula that had been used in years past for distributing terrorism...
WITH THE NEW FCC CRACKDOWN ON INDECENCY, DO YOU THINK WE ARE ENTERING A MORE REPRESSIVE AGE? There is no question that the repressive, Christian, right-wing, business, criminal, Republican section of our country has gained the upper hand. I think the Patriot Act has been exploited to put more severe controls on our behavior into place than they ever dreamed they would have a chance to implement...
...maybe they fear that their rulings may offend powerful people. But then what is the purpose of the petition officials? Denying justice is a crime and a violation of human rights. Critics shouldn't say the poor petitioners are being unpatriotic and are damaging China's image. Being a patriot does not mean being blindly loyal, nor does it mean you must give up your rights. Cherry Gao Yingzhi Hong Kong...
...Throughout the play, there are these enigmatic pronouncements that Zucco makes about being a secret agent. We’re left in the dark as to whether or not that’s the case. But the government has taken on a sort of role with the Patriot Act, where there’s a lot of room to believe today that someone you know could be working for the government...