PatriotAct

From 911Encyclopedia: The USA PATRIOT ACT stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism."

It was enacted by Congress virtually without debate, without detailed committee reports, without a conference committee, and with little floor commentary. Submitted just several days after the September 11 (2001) attacks, it was rushed through Congress at lightning speed for a statute of its size and complexity. It passed the House on October 24, 2001 by a vote of 357 to 66, and passed the Senate the next day, October 25, 2002, by a vote of 98 to 1. It was signed into law by President Bush the following day, October 26, and is now the law of the land. (See Vanbergen,Jennifer,

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"On what legal meat does this our Caesar feed?" wrote New York Times Columnist William Safire as he blasted President Bush's November 13 emergency order permitting noncitizens the government has "reason to believe" are terrorists to be tried - inside the U.S - by military tribunals (->). These trials may be held in secret and the prosecutors do not have to produce evidence if it is "in the interests of national security." And the condemned may then be executed "even if a third of the officers disagree." Safire categorized this as a "dictatorial power to jail or execute aliens." Bush's proclamation is a nullification of the 6th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

At the same time that Caesar Bush was announcing this edict the Justice Department was announcing ­ as reported in the AP on November 15 ­ that it will not disclose the identities or status of more than 1,100 people arrested or detained since September 11th, nor will it continue to release a running tally of those detained. During 2002, over 25 US cities revolted against the US Patriot Act: the Massachusetts cities of Cambridge, Northampton and Amherst and the township of Leverett, as well as the town of Carrboro, N.C., all passed resolutions that call the USA Patriot Act a threat to the civil rights of the residents of their communities. In January 2003, San Francisco followed this initiative, which was supported by Filmmaker Moore,Michael.

Note: Many independent investigators argue, that the Anthrax attack on the US Congress was synchronised with the debate on the Patriot Act to eliminate the UPSP-way and a decision on the act. The timing and targeting of the letters, the anthrax letters, suggests that the motivation of the perpetrators was to promote legislation, which was the USA Patriot Act. In 2002, a campaign against the PATRIOT ACT reached many US-Cities. In January 2003, The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed a resolution opposing the Patriot Act on the grounds it violates civil rights. In March 2003, Union City, CA, became the 65th city to denounce the act.

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