Check out talkleft.com and if this doesn't scare you ........

[merbex]

"a permanent police force, to be known as the 'the united states secret service uniformed division'" empowered "to make arrests without warrant for any offense against the united states committed in their presence"..."or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the united states if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony"


found inthe Patriot act renewal form

edited to add link: http://talkleft.com/new_archives/013796.html

[merbex]

1. I'm just going to bump this once and my apologies if you've seen

before

But it gives me the creeps to think that this bill almost sailed through

[mark11727]

2. "Your papers, please..."

[undergroundpanther]

3. kick