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Bush Signs Anti-Terrorism Law
Will USA Patriot Act foster harassment of legitimate political dissent?
President Bush signed a new "anti-terrorism" law Oct. 26 that grants law enforcement authorities sweeping new surveillance powers that are not limited to terrorism investigations but also apply to criminal and intelligence investigations and to investigating instances of political dissent. The American Civil Liberties Union's website includes factsheets on various aspects of the new terrorism law, including the one printed below on the Anti-Terrorism Law and the Right to Dissent.
The text!
Link to complete Patriot Act:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c107:4:./temp/~c107Deerf6:e337983:
Definition of "Coerce"
I don't give a damn what nobody says...the foundation is being laid! So if you don't see things their way. And try to convince them to do otherwise. You are a domestic terrorist. So I guess a few of us on this board would technically be labled as "domestic" terrorists for trying to "coerce" people into seeing things our way. Laws are enforced by the definition of the words contained within those "writen laws" and this one leaves a whole lotta wiggle room to do as they please.
Bush Signs Anti-Terrorism Law
Will USA Patriot Act foster harassment of legitimate political dissent?
President Bush signed a new "anti-terrorism" law Oct. 26 that grants law enforcement authorities sweeping new surveillance powers that are not limited to terrorism investigations but also apply to criminal and intelligence investigations and to investigating instances of political dissent. The American Civil Liberties Union's website includes factsheets on various aspects of the new terrorism law, including the one printed below on the Anti-Terrorism Law and the Right to Dissent.
The text!
SEC. 802. DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
(a) DOMESTIC TERRORISM DEFINED- Section 2331 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(iii), by striking `by assassination or kidnapping' and inserting `by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping';
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking `and';
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting `; and'; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
`(5) the term `domestic terrorism' means activities that--
`(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
`(B) appear to be intended--
`(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
`(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
`(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
`(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.'.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 3077(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
`(1) `act of terrorism' means an act of domestic or international terrorism as defined in section 2331
(a) DOMESTIC TERRORISM DEFINED- Section 2331 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(iii), by striking `by assassination or kidnapping' and inserting `by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping';
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking `and';
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting `; and'; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
`(5) the term `domestic terrorism' means activities that--
`(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
`(B) appear to be intended--
`(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
`(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
`(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
`(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.'.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 3077(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
`(1) `act of terrorism' means an act of domestic or international terrorism as defined in section 2331
Link to complete Patriot Act:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c107:4:./temp/~c107Deerf6:e337983:
Definition of "Coerce"
coerce
A verb
1 coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
A verb
1 coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
I don't give a damn what nobody says...the foundation is being laid! So if you don't see things their way. And try to convince them to do otherwise. You are a domestic terrorist. So I guess a few of us on this board would technically be labled as "domestic" terrorists for trying to "coerce" people into seeing things our way. Laws are enforced by the definition of the words contained within those "writen laws" and this one leaves a whole lotta wiggle room to do as they please.