Word: patriotism
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...Patriot Act threatens the civil liberties of all students, particularly protesters and dissenters, an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) official told a group of about 30 undergraduates last night...
...makeshift podium of two wooden crates, Nancy U. Murray ’67, who directs the ACLU’s Bill of Rights Education Project, said the Patriot Act enabled government agents to undertake extreme action without legitimate cause...
Murray painted a dire picture of the Patriot Act’s implications, citing secret subpoenas of personal records, unreported searches by campus police, an abolition of due-cause requirements for apprehension and creation of “magic lantern” software that secretly reports e-mail content and Internet usage information back to government sources...
...pharmaceuticals salesman, Yee enrolled in a prestigious theological school in Damascus, where he studied for four years. It was in Syria that he met his fiance. His defenders say Yee returned from Syria with a deep devotion to Islam, though he remained a staunch American patriot. "He always said the world should condemn 9/11, and he was unambiguous in his condemnation of the terrorists," says Mohamad Joban of the Islamic Center of Olympia, a mosque in which Yee was active. "He saw it as his duty to be in Guantanamo to serve his country and the Muslims there...
...hired for three of his campaigns in Missouri. Moreover, Ashcroft has proven his willingness to politicize the office of Attorney General by interfering in local courts in order to curb plea bargaining and encourage the use of the death penalty, as well as by personally campaigning for the USA Patriot...