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We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us (#1010)
Posted: 2/7/2003; 9:50 PM by Terry Frazier
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Patriot II -- Ashcroft rides again. On the one hand, we need no-nonsense leaders who will go after the bad guys. On the other hand, we need leaders who have some sense of who the bad guys are. And we certainly need leaders who haven't forgotten that we have a Constitution here. Once again, we have unelected, unregulated, bureaucrats and policy wonks drafting sweeping legislation behind closed doors, endangering the freedom and liberty of every American.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to America under the Control Freaks.

Justice Dept. Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act
Center Publishes Secret Draft of Patriot II Legislation
[...] The Center for Public Integrity has obtained a draft, dated January 9, 2003, of this previously undisclosed legislation and is making it available in full text (12 MB). The bill, drafted by the staff of Attorney General John Ashcroft and entitled the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, has not been officially released by the Department of Justice, although rumors of its development have circulated around the Capitol for the last few months under the name of the Patriot Act II in legislative parlance. [...]

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