On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Eric Dittman wrote:
> Besides, you and everyone else seem to miss the worst part of the
> Patriot Act II: The government wants the power to strip people suspected
> of, or dealing with, organizations the government declares to be
> terrorist in nature, of their U.S. citizenship. That's the most scary
> part. It has been hard in the past to strip someone of their
> citizenship, and there had to be a reason to declare an organization of
> being terrorist in nature. With PAII, they can declare it, strip people
> of their citizenship, then send them off. Where's the checks and
> balances?
Eric, this has already happened. Remember Joseph Padilla? Exactly.
PAII will just put into legislation what the gubment has already assumed
power to do. They just want to make it "legal".
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