HLS and food for thought?

[IgorLoving]

Homeland Security

What is most frightening to me is the erosion of our rights under the const=
itution. Look at society, and ask the question as to whether we are free?  =
The Bush attack on the First Amendment and freedom of speech comes to mind =
right off the bat. And the Homeland Security Act.

Section 213: Changes the standards for search warrants to allow  =93sneak a=
nd peak=94 searches in any investigation. Snoop now let you know later.

Fourth Amendment, allowing secret U.S. courts to authorize secret searches =
if the government can allege (ALLEGE) a foreign-intelligence rationale. Any=
 evidence can now be used in court

Section 206=94 Permits =93roving wiretaps,=94 which allows the government t=
o tap all phones or computers a suspect might use. Example those in a neigh=
borhood church or pool hall.

Section 220: Curtails judicial oversight on wiretaps.

Section 214: By claiming relevance to a terrorism investigation, the govern=
ment can track your incoming and outgoing calls without a warrant or probab=
le cause.

Section 216:  Allows Internet wiretaps to be used in any criminal investiga=
tion.

Section 215: Without probable cause the FBI can search you personal records=
 held by a church, library, bookstore, and etc. with a gag order so you do =
not know it was done.

Section 505: Anyone from John  Ashcroft down can issue a national security =
letter and get information on you without your knowledge.

Section 802: New crime definition =93Domestic Terrorism=94 an illegal act t=
hat appears to be intended to influence government policy by intimidation o=
r coercion. This can be used against environmentalists, anti-abortionists a=
nd makes any civil disobedience reclassified as an act or terror. A footbal=
l pep rally could fit this definition.

Section 806: Judge can seize the assets of alleged domestic terrorists.=20

Then there are others. Do we have the right to trial by jury? Is there a ri=
ght of habeas corpus?  Is the argument that executive authority leaves no r=
oom for a second-guessing by federal courts?  Is the incarceration of peopl=
e in Cuba by the U.S. military lawless? Do we still have to abide by the Ge=
neva Convention? =20

I think that this might be quite an Imperial way of thinking. We  see what =
the Supreme Court has to say on that subject. If Bush wins and he appoints =
his own court we may be in deep doo doo.

Do we actually have the right to have extraterritorial prisons?
Should we have extraterritorial prisons? And should we use these to punish =
extraterritorial crimes? Should the United States government create =93righ=
ts free zones?=94=20

Food for something?

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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Eisenstadt <michaele@hotpop.com>
Sent: Oct 24, 2004 9:32 AM
To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Subject: Bush is right about one thing

the Iraqi resistance is surely praying for
Kerry to win.