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Dangers of the Patriot Act

Challenges to American Civil Liberties by the Patriot Act

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What About Civil Liberties? The flipside of the 9/11 warnings. - By Jesse Walker, Reasononline
"... a host of new powers in an anti-terror bill, including the right to engage in secret searches, warrantless Internet surveillance, warrantless access to phone records, and a requirement that retailers report "suspicious" customer transactions to the Treasury."

An excellent compilation of articles and commentary by the Village Voice

Challenges to the Patriot Act's unconstitutionality, by U.S. cities

The Northampton Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Tools and explanations of how to get your town to affirm civil liberties and make yuor city a 'Civil Liberties Safe Zone'.

Efforts by cities around the country to defend civil liberties against the Patriot Act


Participant Comments follow below
Ithink that the patriot act is a stupid idea because the government is calling all americans terrorist.And just what america is against!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yailene
11/09/04 22:04:04 GMT

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Personally i think this is an invasion of one,s privacy our goverment should not pry into one,s personal affairs. I believe that we are becoming a policed society more than ever now.Eventually we will i think lose more and more of our freedoms.

nelsonmiguel    nelsonmiguel2152@yahoo.com
10/10/04 14:35:42 GMT