A new book just out called "America’s Unpatriotic Acts"....

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America’s Unpatriotic Acts
The Federal Government’s Violation of Constitutional and Civil Rights

by Walter M. Brasch

(to be published January 2005, Peter Lang Publishing)

Preface

Less than six weeks after terrorists attacked America on September 11, 2001, etched into the nation’s memory as 9/11, the Department of Justice, under direction of the president of the United States, pushed onto a fearful nation and its Congress the USA PATRIOT Act. It was a 342-page bill, drafted in secret, which had minimal discussion, and which few members of Congress had read prior to its passage. The Act, which would modify almost twenty federal statutes, was designed to give the president and federal law enforcement sweeping powers. Only one of one hundred senators and sixty-six of 435 representatives voted against it.

A terrified nation, now seeking vengeance, justifiably demanded the Bush administration do something to avenge 9/11 and never to allow such an attack to again occur on American soil. Many appeared to be willing to sacrifice their constitutional freedoms for their safety. Most, however, had little knowledge of the USA PATRIOT Act or how the administration was planning to implement it. They just wanted to feel secure from terror.

Five weeks after President Bush signed the PATRIOT Act into law, John Ashcroft, testifying before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, stated:

“Since lives and liberties depend upon clarity, not obfuscation, and reason, not hyperbole, let me take this opportunity today to be clear: The Justice Department is working to protect American lives while preserving American liberties.”

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http://facstaff.bloomu.edu/brasch/preface.htm

Has anyone seen this or read it yet?