Dozens rally against legislation to expand USA Patriot Act

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Mon, Jul. 07, 2003

Dozens rally against legislation to expand USA Patriot Act
BETH FOUHY
Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO - Proclaiming "we don't need to trade our freedoms to be safe," several dozen activists rallied in front of the federal building Monday to voice their opposition to Patriot Act II, the expanded domestic security legislation awaiting Congressional consideration.

"Protesters are not terrorists!" Bob Kearney, associate director of the ACLU of Northern California, told the crowd, which included members of the ACLU, Amnesty International, and the Gray Panthers. "We need to say no to Patriot II before it is even introduced."

The Domestic Security Enhancement Act, drafted by Justice Department officials as a follow-on to the USA Patriot Act passed by Congress after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, would grant the government broad new powers to investigate, detain, and interrogate suspected terrorists.

Among other things, it would remove court-ordered prohibitions against police spying on domestic groups; expand the FBI's ability to conduct searches and surveillance without first obtaining a court order; and create a DNA database of suspected terrorists. (snip/...)

http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/6252738.htm

[silverweb]

1. Only dozens??

There should be hundreds of thousands in the streets protesting that obscenity!!

:grr:

[DUreader]

2. You surely don't believe an AP headcount do you?

?

[silverweb]

3. Good point.

I momentarily forgot about that little problem. I wonder if any SF DUers were there and could get us a REAL head count?

Has anyone else noticed how A$$KKKrack has gone from denying that any kind of Patriot 2 was in the works to aggressively pushing for it now?

Gee... what a surprise. :eyes:

[geomon]

4. If there should be...are you?

I am not assuming that you are not but you are right that anyone opposed to this "patriot act I and II" must be protesting or they are part of the problem.

:)

[silverweb]

6. I can't be traveling around for these things...

...but if there's a protest against Patriot 1 and/or 2 in my city, I'm there along with anyone else I can drag with me!

:bounce:

[He loved Big Brother]

5. Great.

So now where's the dozens of Democratic Party heads that are supposed to be doing the same thing??