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True Patriot Act:
The Kucinich-Paul bill garners support
of ACLU, NAACP, AMV, CAIR & RACRJ
Charles Levendosky,
Casper Star-Tribune - October 13, 2003
The backlash against the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 is picking up speed and snap.
On Sept. 24, Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul introduced the Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act (HR3171) to repeal the most controversial sections of the Patriot Act as well as some of the more egregious actions taken by the Department of Justice.
The Kucinich-Paul bill has already garnered the support of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), American Muslim Voice (AMV), Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), and Religious Action Center of Reformed Judaism (RACRJ).
The True Patriot Act heralds its intent by quoting Benjamin Franklin's famous statement: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty or Safety…"
The True Patriot Act would repeal Section 213 of the Patriot Act, which authorized property to be searched and seized in secret by government law enforcement officials, without notifying the subject of a warrant.
The act would repeal Section 214 and Section 216, relating to the use of pen registers for foreign intelligence purposes and criminal cases. Pen registers record all phone numbers dialed from a person's telephone.
It would repeal Section 215, which authorized searches of library, bookstore, medical, financial, religious and travel records without a judicial warrant...
The True Patriot Act would repeal the broader application of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act authorized by the Patriot Act, Section 218. This section of the Patriot Act, in essence, gutted the Fourth Amendment's requirement for probable cause to obtain a search warrant in criminal
investigations…
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/10/13/build/opinion/guest.inc
ACTION REQUESTED:
Tell your elected representatives to support the True Patriot Act. GO
TO:
http://capwiz.com/cair/issues/bills/?bill=3548741
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