Patriot Act 2

  • Wanna Join? New users you can now register lightning fast using your Facebook or Twitter accounts.
May 13, 2002
49,944
47,801
113
44
Seattle
www.socialistworld.net
#1
Also know as Domestic Security Enhancement Act 2003.

"I challenge all Americans to study the new Patriot Act and to compare it to the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence. Ninety percent of the act has nothing to do with terrorism and is instead a giant Federal power-grab with tentacles reaching into every facet of our society. It strips American citizens of all of their rights and grants the government and its private agents total immunity."





Download Patriot Act 2 http://www.infowars.com/pdfs/patriot2-hi.pdf
 
May 13, 2002
49,944
47,801
113
44
Seattle
www.socialistworld.net
#2
If that is too much to read and you prefer someone to summarize sections for you, well here you go, courtesy of http://infowars.com/print_patriotact2_analysis.htm


SECTION 501 (Expatriation of Terrorists) expands the Bush administration’s “enemy combatant” definition to all American citizens who “may” have violated any provision of Section 802 of the first Patriot Act. (Section 802 is the new definition of domestic terrorism, and the definition is “any action that endangers human life that is a violation of any Federal or State law.”) Section 501 of the second Patriot Act directly connects to Section 125 of the same act. The Justice Department boldly claims that the incredibly broad Section 802 of the First USA Patriot Act isn’t broad enough and that a new, unlimited definition of terrorism is needed.


Under Section 501 a US citizen engaging in lawful activities can be grabbed off the street and thrown into a van never to be seen again. The Justice Department states that they can do this because the person “had inferred from conduct” that they were not a US citizen. Remember Section 802 of the First USA Patriot Act states that any violation of Federal or State law can result in the “enemy combatant” terrorist designation.


SECTION 201 of the second Patriot Act makes it a criminal act for any member of the government or any citizen to release any information concerning the incarceration or whereabouts of detainees. It also states that law enforcement does not even have to tell the press who they have arrested and they never have to release the names.


SECTION 301 and 306 (Terrorist Identification Database) set up a national database of “suspected terrorists” and radically expand the database to include anyone associated with suspected terrorist groups and anyone involved in crimes or having supported any group designated as “terrorist.” These sections also set up a national DNA database for anyone on probation or who has been on probation for any crime, and orders State governments to collect the DNA for the Federal government.


SECTION 312 gives immunity to law enforcement engaging in spying operations against the American people and would place substantial restrictions on court injunctions against Federal violations of civil rights across the board.

SECTION 101 will designate individual terrorists as foreign powers and again strip them of all rights under the “enemy combatant” designation.

SECTION 102 states clearly that any information gathering, regardless of whether or not those activities are illegal, can be considered to be clandestine intelligence activities for a foreign power. This makes news gathering illegal.

SECTION 103 allows the Federal government to use wartime martial law powers domestically and internationally without Congress declaring that a state of war exists.

SECTION 106 is bone-chilling in its straightforwardness. It states that broad general warrants by the secret FSIA court (a panel of secret judges set up in a star chamber system that convenes in an undisclosed location) granted under the first Patriot Act are not good enough. It states that government agents must be given immunity for carrying out searches with no prior court approval. This section throws out the entire Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures.

SECTION 109 allows secret star chamber courts to issue contemp charges against any individual or corporation who refuses to incriminate themselves or others. This sections annihilate the last vestiges of the Fifth Amendment.

SECTION 110 restates that key police state clauses in the first Patriot Act were not sunsetted and removes the five year sunset clause from other subsections of the first Patriot Act. After all, the media has told us: “this is the New America. Get used to it. This is forever.”

SECTION 111 expands the definition of the “enemy combatant” designation.

SECTION 122 restates the government’s newly announced power of “surveillance without a court order.”

SECTION 123 restates that the government no longer needs warrants and that the investigations can be a giant dragnet-style sweep described in press reports about the Total Information Awareness Network. One passage reads, “thus the focus of domestic surveillance may be less precise than that directed against more conventional types of crime.”

*Note: Over and over again, in subsection after subsection, the second Patriot Act states that its new Soviet-type powers will be used to fight international terrorism, domestic terrorism and other types of crimes. Of course the government has already announced in Section 802 of the first USA Patriot act that any crime is considered domestic terrorism.

SECTION 126 grants the government the right to mine the entire spectrum of public and private sector information from bank records to educational and medical records. This is the enacting law to allow ECHELON and the Total Information Awareness Network to totally break down any and all walls of privacy.

The government states that they must look at everything to “determine” if individuals or groups might have a connection to terrorist groups. As you can now see, you are guilty until proven innocent.

SECTION 127 allows the government to takeover coroners’ and medical examiners’ operations whenever they see fit. See how this is like Bill Clinton’s special medical examiner he had in Arkansas that ruled that people had committed suicide when their arms and legs had been cut off.

SECTION 128 allows the Federal government to place gag orders on Federal and State Grand Juries and to take over the proceedings. It also disallows individuals or organizations to even try to quash a Federal subpoena. So now defending yourself will be a terrorist action.

SECTION 129 destroys any remaining whistleblower protection for Federal agents.

SECTION 202 allows corporations to keep secret their activities with toxic biological, chemical or radiological materials.

SECTION 205 allows top Federal officials to keep all their financial dealings secret, and anyone investigating them can be considered a terrorist. This should be very useful for Dick Cheney to stop anyone investigating Haliburton.

SECTION 303 sets up national DNA database of suspected terrorists. The database will also be used to “stop other unlawful activities.” It will share the information with state, local and foreign agencies for the same purposes.

SECTION 311 federalizes your local police department in the area of information sharing.

SECTION 313 provides liability protection for businesses, especially big businesses that spy on their customers for Homeland Security, violating their privacy agreements. It goes on to say that these are all preventative measures – has anyone seen Minority Report? This is the access hub for the Total Information Awareness Network.

SECTION 321 authorizes foreign governments to spy on the American people and to share information with foreign governments.

SECTION 322 removes Congress from the extradition process and allows officers of the Homeland Security complex to extradite American citizens anywhere they wish. It also allows Homeland Security to secretly take individuals out of foreign countries.

SECTION 402 is titled “Providing Material Support to Terrorism.” The section reads that there is no requirement to show that the individual even had the intent to aid terrorists.

SECTION 403 expands the definition of weapons of mass destruction to include any activity that affects interstate or foreign commerce.

SECTION 404 makes it a crime for a terrorist or “other criminals” to use encryption in the commission of a crime.

SECTION 408 creates “lifetime parole” (basically, slavery) for a whole host of crimes.

SECTION 410 creates no statute of limitations for anyone that engages in terrorist actions or supports terrorists. Remember: any crime is now considered terrorism under the first Patriot Act.

SECTION 411 expands crimes that are punishable by death. Again, they point to Section 802 of the first Patriot Act and state that any terrorist act or support of terrorist act can result in the death penalty.

SECTION 421 increases penalties for terrorist financing. This section states that any type of financial activity connected to terrorism will result to time in prison and $10-50,000 fines per violation.

SECTIONS 427 sets up asset forfeiture provisions for anyone engaging in terrorist activities.
 
May 5, 2002
2,241
4
0
#10
[mcleanhatch]And? You all just have a problem with this because Bush is trying to get it passed. If it was Clinton you would all be for it![/mcleanhatch]
 

EDJ

Sicc OG
May 3, 2002
11,608
234
63
www.myspace.com
#12
THERE gOES THE COUNTRY. THERE gOES OUR RIgHTS AND FREEDOMS. THIS JUST MAKES ME BELIEVE MORE STRONgLY THAT THE gOVERNMENT PLANNED THE 9-11 INCIDENT SO THEY CAN gET MUTHA-FUKAS IN A STATE OF PARANOIA AND THEY CAN PASS N-E LAW(INCLUDIN' TAKIN' FREEDOMS AND RIgHTS) IN THE NAME OF NATIONAL SECURITY.
 
May 5, 2002
2,241
4
0
#15
I think their could be a possibility that they could have created the whole thing, but based on the fact I have no concrete proof of either scenerio I'm goin with my gut feeling, and that would be the scenerio that they let it happen. Not sayin that its out of the question that they could have done it themselves tho. My gut is that they used the hatred of america to their advantage...
 

EDJ

Sicc OG
May 3, 2002
11,608
234
63
www.myspace.com
#16
TRUE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE NO TERRORIST. THEY JUST TOLD US SOME MIDDLE-EASTERN PEOPLE DID IT. IT'S LIKE IF THE gOVERNMENT INDIgHTED YOU ON SOME BOgUS ASS BULLSHIT, JUST CAUSE THEY SAID IT, THE gENERAL PUBLIC gONNA AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME YOU DID IT EVEN THOUgH YOU AIN'T EVEN BEEN TRIED.
 
Jul 10, 2003
27
0
0
#17
Addressing the main thread, if I am not mistaken, Patriot Act 1 (now law), and any subsequent acts related to it (the so-called Patriot Act 2), expire in a relatively short period after they are enacted – unless they are granted a continuance under, I would assume, a Congressional hearing/review.

It would be interesting to see how far the Act (Patriot 2) has gone – considering, they seem to always get stripped prior to them becoming law (sometimes for the better, some worse).

However, looking at some of the additional provisions this act entails, it is a wonder why more people aren’t livid.

The ACLU and the Center for Public Integrity have provided scathing dissents on Patriot 2. However, there have been quite a few people praising the efficacy of Patriot 1 – those obviously hailing from the political Right.

If anyone is interested, I would be more than willing to debate/discuss Patriot 1 (pros/cons) – since, it has been in effect for a few years, and we can at least divine some truths from an already present and purportedly intrusive anti-democratic LAW.

Patriot 1 isn’t due to expire (unless it is reauthorized by Congress – which, I believe Ashcroft has been pushing recently as well as Orrin Hatch) until sometime in 2005.
 
May 5, 2002
2,241
4
0
#18
anathematics said:
Addressing the main thread, if I am not mistaken, Patriot Act 1 (now law), and any subsequent acts related to it (the so-called Patriot Act 2), expire in a relatively short period after they are enacted – unless they are granted a continuance under, I would assume, a Congressional hearing/review.

It would be interesting to see how far the Act (Patriot 2) has gone – considering, they seem to always get stripped prior to them becoming law (sometimes for the better, some worse).

However, looking at some of the additional provisions this act entails, it is a wonder why more people aren’t livid.

The ACLU and the Center for Public Integrity have provided scathing dissents on Patriot 2. However, there have been quite a few people praising the efficacy of Patriot 1 – those obviously hailing from the political Right.

If anyone is interested, I would be more than willing to debate/discuss Patriot 1 (pros/cons) – since, it has been in effect for a few years, and we can at least divine some truths from an already present and purportedly intrusive anti-democratic LAW.

Patriot 1 isn’t due to expire (unless it is reauthorized by Congress – which, I believe Ashcroft has been pushing recently as well as Orrin Hatch) until sometime in 2005.
I like this fool lol

hey man what kinda education background you got? you seem to know wtf your talkin bout (unlike a lot of people on here who just relay what they heard)....
 
Jul 10, 2003
27
0
0
#19
My education?

Student (of many subjects).

Much of what is discussed on this thread (from "GoM" to the music), like many of you I am sure, is an interest/hobby.

I seem to know what I am talking about?

Thanks, but it isn't a great feat - it just takes a bit of reading, objectivity and comprehension - something I have noticed isn't completely lacking on this board. These are some great issues you folks raise - from politics (our own backyard and beyond), race relations in the US (one wonders why it is still an "issue" - ?), to religion - in a very short period, I have seen it all touched on (not that it isn't hard to find these sorts of boards on the internet). This form of "open" discourse HAS to be encouraged when these issues plague our everyday lives.