Disguised as “National Security” the Bush administration, headed by the ever-watching John Ashcroft, continues to strip away our civil liberties. In the PATRIOT ACT II (among other measures taken by the administration) many of the loopholes left by the first PATRIOT ACT- devastating enough for civil liberties- have been closed and it is now easier for the government to completely overstep the boundaries of individual privacy and civil liberties.
More Information:
- AlterNet: Get Ready for PATRIOT II
- The Nation: Shocks to the Constitution
- ACLU: Is the US Turning into a Surveillance Society?
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