Patriot Act II, Piece by Piece getting passed/

[DaveSZ]

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-01-09/pols_naked7.html


Patriot II, Piece by Piece
BY JORDAN SMITH



While the so-called Patriot Act II -- a wish list of sweeping powers dreamed up last year by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft to augment 2001's USA PATRIOT Act -- disappeared shortly after a draft copy was made public early last year, it did not die. In fact, on Saturday, Dec. 13 -- as news of Saddam Hussein's capture drove the news cycle -- President George W. Bush signed into law a bill that will allow the federal government broad access to individuals' financial records without a court order. This allows the government to sidestep decades-old financial privacy laws, all in the name of preventing terrorism.

[gWbush is Mabus]

1. terrorism - as in strip club terrorists?

[DaveSZ]

2. Library usin' terra'ists as well!

:P

[DaveSZ]

3. (Yes I know Alex Jones is a nut)

He has a clip from KXAN news about the Austin City Council passage of a resolution against the USA Patriot Act/Patriot ACT II:


http://www.prisonplanet.com/092603patriotaustin.html

[DaveSZ]

4. http://www.aclutx.org/

"We Won!!!! Dallas Opposes the Patriot Act!
The Dallas City Council voted 9-6 on February 25 in favor of a resolution opposing the Patriot Act, joining more than 230 other US cities including Austin and Rollingwood. Congratulations to the Dallas BORDC and the Dallas ACLU chapter for their amazing, successful efforts. See the ACLU direct mail to our members supporting this resolution here."