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Patriot Act Key provisions:
1) law enforcement officials can gain access to a wealth of personal data, including library and medical records, as part of investigations.
The Patriot Act provides a four-year extension of
1) The government's ability to conduct roving wiretaps -
which may involve multiple phones -
and
2) To seek access to many of the personal records covered by the bill.
An earlier, pre-Thanksgiving stab at compromise had called for seven-year extensions of these provisions.
Yet another provision, which applies to all criminal cases,
gives the government 30 days to provide notice that it has carried out a search warrant.
This allows Law Enforcement to carry out sneak and peak serches with out letting anyone know for 30 days (the House wants 180 days) after the fact if law enforcement so chooses to use evidence it collected.
The Lawmakers in both parties have attacked the measure but yet they still have these mesures in there.
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The Patriot Act is the corner stone to what we have been fighting against for the past few years, and the gang definitions as the Alphabet Club wants to enforce.
As the Helmet Laws around the Country are the Hot Button Issue with Bikers, the Patriot Act is the Hot Button Issue with those who want to take away our way of life.
We already have more than enough laws on the books to handle crime in America.
What we don't need is any more laws taking rights away from American Citizens and lumping American Citizens in a group with people who don't fall under our Constitution. Our Constitution was ment for Americans!
The United States Constitution guaranties Our Rights as Individual American Citizens and our Rights to Freedom of Assembly an Association with out Government Intrusion.
Stand up and let elected representatives know we are tired as hell and we are not going to take it any more.
Senators Threaten to Hold Up Patriot Act!
Make your US Senators understand that the Patriot Act for the sake of our Constitution and Freedom as God Fearing Americans must be "Killed in the Senate" and to never return to threaten othe American way of life again.
The Patriot Act says one thing to the Terrorist of 9-11 and the enemies of this Great Country,
"You Are Winning because we have Tucked Our Tail in Shame and Sacrificed our FREEDOM in FEAR of YOU!"
I for one am not SCARED of terrorisy=t threats and know the "People of this GREAT COUNTRY are NOT SCARED" so let us "STAND TOGETHER for FREEDOM!"
Let your Senators know what realy threatens America's Freedom, the Patriot Act!
NOW is the time to call and send e-mails to Senators
to STOP the Patriot Act.
To find your Senator's info and sample letters go to:
http://www.coctexas.org/Freedom.htm
LET them here from The American Biker and let them know you support the "STOP on the Patriot Act!"
Support the filibuster by Sen. Russell Feingold so the the Patriot Act can go away on January 1st
Sure you can trust the government, just ask the Indians!
From
BIG KID
State Liaison
Texas Confederation of Clubs
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No time for snail mail!
Sample E-Mail Letter
Sample Letter On The Patriot Act Courtesy Of
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Please Copy The Below Sample Letter And Send It To Your Congressional Representative
U.S. Senator:_________________________________District#___________________
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Date: ____/____/____
The Patriot Act was signed into law on October 26, 2001, by the Bush Administration, which would
make fundamental changes to Americans legal rights.
>>>>FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
>>>>FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
>>>>FREEDOM OF SPEECH
>>>>RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION (Attorney & Client)
>>>>FREEDOM FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCH (Search & Seize without probable cause)
>>>>RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL (Indefinitely)
>>>>RIGHT TO LIBERTY (Without being charged and unable to confront witnesses)
We are concerned not only that the government is using its new powers but also it is refusing to provide
unclassified information on how it is using them under the Freedom of Information Act, such as who is
being detained, and whether the powers have been or are being abused.
I, ________________________ as an American Citizen, I am in opposition of the Patriot Act, a reply
with your opposition on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely, I _______________________________, am an American Citizen,
I am in opposition of the Patriot Act.
A reply with your opposition on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely, _______________________________.
(Place Your Return E-Mail Address Here)
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Current News On The Patriot Act
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WASHINGTON - President Bush is urging Congress to reach agreement on reauthorizing the Patriot Act - a law that he says is essential to fighting terrorism, but liberal and conservative critics say is a threat to individual liberties.
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In an interview Thursday, Senator Feingold dismissed the idea that the compromise was a victory for civil liberties.
He called it "almost a complete retreat" from a bill passed unanimously earlier this year by the Senate. Feingold said the compromise with the House failed to include adequate safeguards in the exercise of several expanded government powers. One power, the so-called "library provision," allows the government to obtain personal information from business, hospital and library records in the course of an anti-terrorism investigation. Another involves so-called "sneak and peek" searches, where the target of the search isn't notified until days or weeks after the search is conducted.
By and large, the lingering disputes over the bill are confined to a handful of contentious provisions, and involve the legal burdens and oversight that investigators must satisfy when using the police powers in the law.
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``This sham compromise agreement fails to address the primary substantive concern raised by millions of Americans, as well as civil liberties, privacy and business organizations,'' Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU's Washington office, said in a statement.
Longtime Patriot Act critics such as the ACLU and library groups had been joined in recent months by a politically diverse alliance of advocacy organizations, including the Chamber of Commerce, which objected to parts of the legislation that allow the FBI to demand records from businesses about customers.
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WASHINGTON - Republican negotiators accepted a White House-brokered deal Thursday that clears the way for Congress to vote next week on whether to renew the USA Patriot Act's most controversial provisions for four years, in slightly modified forms.
GOP leaders called the development a major breakthrough in a long and contentious debate over whether and how to renew the law, which was passed following the 2001 terrorist attacks and parts of which are set to expire Dec. 31. Since it took effect four years ago, the act has made it easier for federal agents to secretly tap phones, obtain library and bank records, and search the offices or homes
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Three Senate Democrats and three Republicans issued a statement that they were ``gravely disappointed'' Specter and others agreed during House-Senate negotiations to drop ``modest protections for civil liberties'' included in a version the Senate had passed unanimously this year. They predicted the Senate will reject the compromise bill.
The six were Republican Sens. Larry Craig of Idaho, John Sununu of New Hampshire and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Democrats Richard Durbin of Illinois, Kenneth Salazar of Colorado and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin. Feingold vowed to launch a filibuster, which would scuttle the Patriot Act extension unless 60 of the 100 senators opposed his effort. Some Republicans said Democrats would be foolhardy to block the anti-terrorism bill on the eve of an election year.
Also criticizing the bill Thursday were Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the Judiciary Committee's ranking Democrat; and Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
The compromise bill would slightly change provisions that allow the FBI to obtain people's business records, including library records. Investigators would have to provide a judge with a ``statement of facts'' showing ``reasonable grounds'' to believe the records are relevant to an anti-terror investigation.
Another provision governs ``national security letters,'' which are used by the FBI to demand customer records from businesses such as telephone companies, Internet providers and libraries. Recipients of such letters are required to keep the requests secret. The new legislation would explicitly give businesses that receive such letters the right to challenge them in court, but critics say the process is set up in such a way that the government will nearly always prevail. There also is no provision for notifying the individual whose records are being targeted.
As part of the compromise, lawmakers dropped a provision that would have made it a crime punishable by up to a year in prison to disclose receipt of a national security letter. But the deal retains a five-year prison term if the disclosure is aimed at obstructing an investigation.
Leahy and others strongly oppose provisions instructing judges to presume federal agents should obtain records unless the targeted person can show the government acted in bad faith. Kennedy called the targeted person's opportunity to challenge a search ``arguably worse than nothing.''
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The Washington Post reported last month that the FBI now issues more than 30,000 national security letters a year, a hundred-fold increase over historic norms. The Justice Department disputed the report but has refused to provide its own tally.
The revised law also would allow agents to surreptitiously search someone's home or business without telling the person for 30 days. The Senate bill called for a seven-day limit on such ``sneak and peek'' powers, while the House version allowed 180 days.
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales called the compromise bill a ``win for the American people.'' Although the administration has opposed any sunset provisions, Gonzales told reporters the administration would back the latest Republican compromise. ``It's certainly something that we can support,'' he said.
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The American Civil Liberties Union condemned the agreement, arguing that it would continue to allow the FBI to obtain ``a huge array of extremely private records of innocent Americans'' with little oversight or limitation.
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WE MUST ALL DO OUR PART TO SAVE OUR FREEDOMS!
IF AMERICANS WON'T STAND UP FOR FREEDOM,
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK SOMEONE ELSE WILL!
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