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In summary, the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, also known as Patriot Act II, is a highly controversial and secretive bill that was leaked to the media by an unnamed source. It has been compared to the first Patriot Act, which was widely criticized by civil libertarians and Constitutional scholars. The new bill grants sweeping powers to the federal government, including the ability to control local police departments and require all young people to perform military or civilian service. It has been criticized for its resemblance to dictatorial powers and for being a massive power-grab by the Federal government.
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TOTAL POLICE STATE TAKEOVER
The Secret Patriot Act II Destroys What Is Left of American Liberty

A Brief Analysis of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act 2003, Also Known as Patriot Act II
By Alex Jones
www.infowars.com
(Posted Feb 10, 2003)

Congressman Ron Paul (R-Tex) told the Washington Times that no member of Congress was allowed to read the first Patriot Act that was passed by the House on October 27, 2001. The first Patriot Act was universally decried by civil libertarians and Constitutional scholars from across the political spectrum. William Safire, while writing for the New York Times, described the first Patriot Act's powers by saying that President Bush was seizing dictatorial control.

On February 7, 2003 the Center for Public Integrity, a non-partisan public interest think-tank in DC, revealed the full text of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003. The classified document had been leaked to them by an unnamed source inside the Federal government. The document consisted of a 33-page section by section analysis of the accompanying 87-page bill.

*Note: On February 10, 2003 I discovered that not only was there a house version that had been covertly brought to Hastert, but that many provisions of the now public Patriot Act II had already been introduced as pork barrel riders on Senate Bill S. 22. Dozens of subsections and even the titles of the subsections are identical to those in the House version. This is very important because it catches the Justice Department in a bald-faced lie. The Justice Department claimed that the secret legislation brought into the House was only for study, and that at this time there was no intention to try and pass it. Now upon reading S. 22, it is clear that the leadership of the Senate is fully aware of the Patriot Act II, and have passed these riders out of their committees into the full bill. I spent two hours scanning through S. 22 and, let me tell you, it is a nightmare for anyone who loves liberty. It even contains the Our Lady of Peace Act that registers all gun owners. It bans the private sale of all firearms, creates a Federal ballistics database, and much more.

There are other bills in the Senate that grant the Federal government sweeping powers. S.45 states in section one that the office for State and local government coordination for Homeland Security will no longer just oversee, but that now local cities critical functions will be headed by a Federal director. On Tuesday, February 11th, we noted a story in The Times-Picayune with the headline: Nagin announces major overhaul of City Hall --New Homeland Security office to oversee cops, firemen, emergency agency. The Federal power-grab taking place is widespread and all Americans must mobilize to resist it.

Another interesting bill is S. 16. S. 16 is a smorgasbord of Federal funding and control over local police departments and needs to be examined closely.

S. 89, The Universal National Service Act of 2003 is the hallmark of an authoritarian society. The description of the bill is, "To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes." We have looked at some of the programs that the Federal government has already been setting up for service here in the "homeland" and they include East German-style tattletale squads of every type, which are just basically a super TIPS program. The nightmare goes on and on. Check it out for yourself.

The Patriot Act II bill itself is stamped "Confidential -Not for Distribution." Upon reading the analysis and bill, I was stunned by the scientifically crafted tyranny contained in the legislation. The Justice Department Office of Legislative Affairs admits that they had indeed covertly transmitted a copy of the legislation to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, (R-Il) and the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney as well as the executive heads of federal law enforcement agencies.

It is important to note that no member of Congress was allowed to see the first Patriot Act before its passage, and that no debate was tolerate by the House and Senate leadership. The intentions of the White House and Speaker Hastert concerning Patriot Act II appear to be a carbon copy replay of the events that led to the unprecedented passage of the first Patriot Act.

There are two glaring areas that need to be looked at concerning this new legislation:

1. The secretive tactics being used by the White House and Speaker Hastert to keep even the existence of this legislation secret would be more at home in Communist China than in the United States. The fact that Dick Cheney publicly managed the steamroller passage of the first Patriot Act, insuring that no one was allowed to read it and publicly threatening members of Congress that if they didn’t vote in favor of it that they would be blamed for the next terrorist attack, is by the White House’s own definition terrorism. The move to clandestinely craft and then bully passage of any legislation by the Executive Branch is clearly an impeachable offence.

2. The second Patriot Act is a mirror image of powers that Julius Caesar and Adolf Hitler gave themselves. Whereas the First Patriot Act only gutted the First, Third, Fourth and Fifth Amendments, and seriously damaged the Seventh and the Tenth, the Second Patriot Act reorganizes the entire Federal government as well as many areas of state government under the dictatorial control of the Justice Department, the Office of Homeland Security and the FEMA NORTHCOM military command. The Domestic Security Enhancement Act 2003, also known as the Second Patriot Act is by its very structure the definition of dictatorship.

I challenge all Americans to study the new Patriot Act and to compare it to the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence. Ninety percent of the act has nothing to do with terrorism and is instead a giant Federal power-grab with tentacles reaching into every facet of our society. It strips American citizens of all of their rights and grants the government and its private agents total immunity.

Here is a quick thumbnail sketch of just some of the draconian measures encapsulated within this tyrannical legislation:

SECTION 501 (Expatriation of Terrorists) expands the Bush administration’s “enemy combatant” definition to all American citizens who “may” have violated any provision of Section 802 of the first Patriot Act. (Section 802 is the new definition of domestic terrorism, and the definition is “any action that endangers human life that is a violation of any Federal or State law.”) Section 501 of the second Patriot Act directly connects to Section 125 of the same act. The Justice Department boldly claims that the incredibly broad Section 802 of the First USA Patriot Act isn’t broad enough and that a new, unlimited definition of terrorism is needed.

Under Section 501 a US citizen engaging in lawful activities can be grabbed off the street and thrown into a van never to be seen again. The Justice Department states that they can do this because the person “had inferred from conduct” that they were not a US citizen. Remember Section 802 of the First USA Patriot Act states that any violation of Federal or State law can result in the “enemy combatant” terrorist designation.

SECTION 201 of the second Patriot Act makes it a criminal act for any member of the government or any citizen to release any information concerning the incarceration or whereabouts of detainees. It also states that law enforcement does not even have to tell the press who they have arrested and they never have to release the names.

SECTION 301 and 306 (Terrorist Identification Database) set up a national database of “suspected terrorists” and radically expand the database to include anyone associated with suspected terrorist groups and anyone involved in crimes or having supported any group designated as “terrorist.” These sections also set up a national DNA database for anyone on probation or who has been on probation for any crime, and orders State governments to collect the DNA for the Federal government.

SECTION 312 gives immunity to law enforcement engaging in spying operations against the American people and would place substantial restrictions on court injunctions against Federal violations of civil rights across the board.

SECTION 101 will designate individual terrorists as foreign powers and again strip them of all rights under the “enemy combatant” designation.

SECTION 102 states clearly that any information gathering, regardless of whether or not those activities are illegal, can be considered to be clandestine intelligence activities for a foreign power. This makes news gathering illegal.

SECTION 103 allows the Federal government to use wartime martial law powers domestically and internationally without Congress declaring that a state of war exists.

SECTION 106 is bone-chilling in its straightforwardness. It states that broad general warrants by the secret FSIA court (a panel of secret judges set up in a star chamber system that convenes in an undisclosed location) granted under the first Patriot Act are not good enough. It states that government agents must be given immunity for carrying out searches with no prior court approval. This section throws out the entire Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures.

SECTION 109 allows secret star chamber courts to issue contemp charges against any individual or corporation who refuses to incriminate themselves or others. This sections annihilate the last vestiges of the Fifth Amendment.

SECTION 110 restates that key police state clauses in the first Patriot Act were not sunsetted and removes the five year sunset clause from other subsections of the first Patriot Act. After all, the media has told us: “this is the New America. Get used to it. This is forever.”

SECTION 111 expands the definition of the “enemy combatant” designation.

SECTION 122 restates the government’s newly announced power of “surveillance without a court order.”

SECTION 123 restates that the government no longer needs warrants and that the investigations can be a giant dragnet-style sweep described in press reports about the Total Information Awareness Network. One passage reads, “thus the focus of domestic surveillance may be less precise than that directed against more conventional types of crime.”

*Note: Over and over again, in subsection after subsection, the second Patriot Act states that its new Soviet-type powers will be used to fight international terrorism, domestic terrorism and other types of crimes. Of course the government has already announced in Section 802 of the first USA Patriot act that any crime is considered domestic terrorism.

SECTION 126 grants the government the right to mine the entire spectrum of public and private sector information from bank records to educational and medical records. This is the enacting law to allow ECHELON and the Total Information Awareness Network to totally break down any and all walls of privacy.

The government states that they must look at everything to “determine” if individuals or groups might have a connection to terrorist groups. As you can now see, you are guilty until proven innocent.

SECTION 127 allows the government to takeover coroners’ and medical examiners’ operations whenever they see fit. See how this is like Bill Clinton’s special medical examiner he had in Arkansas that ruled that people had committed suicide when their arms and legs had been cut off.

SECTION 128 allows the Federal government to place gag orders on Federal and State Grand Juries and to take over the proceedings. It also disallows individuals or organizations to even try to quash a Federal subpoena. So now defending yourself will be a terrorist action.

SECTION 129 destroys any remaining whistleblower protection for Federal agents.

SECTION 202 allows corporations to keep secret their activities with toxic biological, chemical or radiological materials.

SECTION 205 allows top Federal officials to keep all their financial dealings secret, and anyone investigating them can be considered a terrorist. This should be very useful for Dick Cheney to stop anyone investigating Haliburton.

SECTION 303 sets up national DNA database of suspected terrorists. The database will also be used to “stop other unlawful activities.” It will share the information with state, local and foreign agencies for the same purposes.

SECTION 311 federalizes your local police department in the area of information sharing.

SECTION 313 provides liability protection for businesses, especially big businesses that spy on their customers for Homeland Security, violating their privacy agreements. It goes on to say that these are all preventative measures – has anyone seen Minority Report? This is the access hub for the Total Information Awareness Network.

SECTION 321 authorizes foreign governments to spy on the American people and to share information with foreign governments.

SECTION 322 removes Congress from the extradition process and allows officers of the Homeland Security complex to extradite American citizens anywhere they wish. It also allows Homeland Security to secretly take individuals out of foreign countries.

SECTION 402 is titled “Providing Material Support to Terrorism.” The section reads that there is no requirement to show that the individual even had the intent to aid terrorists.

SECTION 403 expands the definition of weapons of mass destruction to include any activity that affects interstate or foreign commerce.

SECTION 404 makes it a crime for a terrorist or “other criminals” to use encryption in the commission of a crime.

SECTION 408 creates “lifetime parole” (basically, slavery) for a whole host of crimes.

SECTION 410 creates no statute of limitations for anyone that engages in terrorist actions or supports terrorists. Remember: any crime is now considered terrorism under the first Patriot Act.

SECTION 411 expands crimes that are punishable by death. Again, they point to Section 802 of the first Patriot Act and state that any terrorist act or support of terrorist act can result in the death penalty.

SECTION 421 increases penalties for terrorist financing. This section states that any type of financial activity connected to terrorism will result to time in prison and $10-50,000 fines per violation.

SECTIONS 427 sets up asset forfeiture provisions for anyone engaging in terrorist activities.

There are many other sections that I did not cover in the interest of time. The American people were shocked by the despotic nature of the first Patriot Act. The second Patriot Act dwarfs all police state legislation in modern world history.

Usually, corrupt governments allow their citizens lots of wonderful rights on paper, while carrying out their jackbooted oppression covertly. From snatch and grab operations to warantless searches, Patriot Act II is an Adolf Hitler wish list.

You can understand why President Bush, Dick Cheney and Dennis Hastert want to keep this legislation secret not just from Congress, but the American people as well. Bill Allison, Managing Editor of the Center for Public Integrity, the group that broke this story, stated on my radio show that it was obvious that they were just waiting for another terrorist attack to opportunistically get this new bill through. He then shocked me with an insightful comment about how the Federal government was crafting this so that they could go after the American people in general. He also agreed that the FBI has been quietly demonizing patriots and Christians and “those who carry around pocket Constitutions.”

I have produced two documentary films and written a book about what really happened on September 11th. The bottom line is this: the military-industrial complex carried the attacks out as a pretext for control. Anyone who doubts this just hasn’t looked at the mountains of hard evidence.

Of course, the current group of white collar criminals in the White House might not care that we’re finding out the details of their next phase. Because, after all, when smallpox gets released, or more buildings start blowing up, the President can stand up there at his lectern suppressing a smirk, squeeze out a tear or two, and tell us that “See I was right. I had to take away your rights to keep you safe. And now it’s your fault that all of these children are dead.” From that point on, anyone who criticizes tyranny will be shouted down by the paid talking head government mouthpieces in the mainstream media.

You have to admit, it’s a beautiful script. Unfortunately, it’s being played out in the real world. If we don’t get the word out that government is using terror to control our lives while doing nothing to stop the terrorists, we will deserve what we get - tyranny. But our children won’t deserve it.
 
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this is a complete list of fascist bull****, no one else shares my view on this? They are your freedoms as well.
 
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I have produced two documentary films and written a book about what really happened on September 11th. The bottom line is this: the military-industrial complex carried the attacks out as a pretext for control. Anyone who doubts this just hasn’t looked at the mountains of hard evidence.

heh, yah, it's a complete list of bull**** alright. Makes you wonder however... if its such a blatant grab at totalitarianism... why did the guy have to paraphrase the legislation? Are we so incapable of seeing consequences with the actual legislation's text given to us that we need it given to us in a more propaganda-ish style? Sorry but if this guy can list out section after section after section, I'm sure he can give us the actual bill to let us make the actual decisions.
 
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it's called summarizing pengwuino. You'll learn about it in Grade 8.
 
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Smurf said:
it's called summarizing pengwuino. You'll learn about it in Grade 8.

Summaries are a paragraph long, not an entire article ok mr. moore?

Guess you got to be a liberal to be taken in by such propoganda.
 
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Well you can read the act http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Terrorism_militias/patriot2draft.html" . I'm sure you'll have no trouble showing us everything that's wrong with the above article.
 
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Whoooooooa these are tremendous stretches.

You got to be pretty drugged up or be highly... ugh what's the word... what's the word where you just believe whatever you're told to believe about something without really thinking... damn it its not naive... well, whatever the word is, you have to be very *word* to follow this guy.

One example shows that you have to be pretty much braindead to believe this guy. I think its 109 or something but basically, it goes like this: Courts in hte US have the ability to bring up charges (namely contempt) against someone if they refuse to hand over information. If someone in the FBI refuses to hand over evidence in a murder trial for example, they can be held in contempt. What this act is sayen that when they first created this "FISA" court, they didn't give it any power to do the same so basically, if someone didn't want to hand over information to a terrorism case, the court couldn't do anything. This gives them the power to hold people in contempt just like every other court in the US.

This guys translation is : "This sections annihilate the last vestiges of the Fifth Amendment."

Well if that's the case, then US courts have been annihilating the fifth amendment since the day the judicial court system started up.
 
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Pengwuino said:
Whoooooooa these are tremendous stretches.

You got to be pretty drugged up or be highly... ugh what's the word... what's the word where you just believe whatever you're told to believe about something without really thinking... damn it its not naive... well, whatever the word is, you have to be very *word* to follow this guy.

One example shows that you have to be pretty much braindead to believe this guy. I think its 109 or something but basically, it goes like this: Courts in hte US have the ability to bring up charges (namely contempt) against someone if they refuse to hand over information. If someone in the FBI refuses to hand over evidence in a murder trial for example, they can be held in contempt. What this act is sayen that when they first created this "FISA" court, they didn't give it any power to do the same so basically, if someone didn't want to hand over information to a terrorism case, the court couldn't do anything. This gives them the power to hold people in contempt just like every other court in the US.

This guys translation is : "This sections annihilate the last vestiges of the Fifth Amendment."

Well if that's the case, then US courts have been annihilating the fifth amendment since the day the judicial court system started up.
I think the word you are looking for is "delusional",

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... Click the link for more information. ). Some common delusions include persecutory delusions, in which the individual falsely believes that others are plotting against him; delusions of thought broadcasting, where the individual believes his thoughts can be transmitted to others; delusions of thought insertion, in which the individual believes that thoughts are being implanted in his mind; and delusions of grandeur, in which the individual imagines himself an unappreciated person of great importance.


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Or maybe it is a blind loyalty to party/ideology.

How can you ignore the fact that the FISA court is a secret court, and that section 101 declares individuals as "foreign powers".

Section 101: Individual Terrorists as Foreign Powers.
Under 50 U.S.C. § 1801(a)(4), the definition of "foreign power" includes groups that engage in international terrorism, but does not reach unaffiliated individuals who do so. As a result, investigations of "lone wolf" terrorists or "sleeper cells" may not be authorized under FISA. Such investigations therefore must proceed under the stricter standards and shorter time periods set forth in Title III, potentially resulting in unnecessary and dangerous delays and greater administrative burden. This provision would expand FISA's definition of "foreign power" to include all persons, regardless of whether they are affiliated with an international terrorist group, who engage in international terrorism.

So what this does is give unprecedented power to a secret court and secret police to detain US citizens, secretly, under suspicion of being a terrorist.

If you cannot see the ramifications of this legislation I would suggest you see a doctor, just to be certain you are not suffering from any of the mental disorders associated with being delusional.

My guess is you are just arguing for the sake of argument. But there are times when you need to take off the partisan blinders and open your eyes to what is in front of you.

This is a far greater threat to our freedom than Al Qaeda could ever hope to achieve.

It seems that since the terrorists "hate our freedom" Bushco is going to eliminate them.
 
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SECTION 501 (Expatriation of Terrorists) expands the Bush administration’s “enemy combatant” definition to all American citizens who “may” have violated any provision of Section 802 of the first Patriot Act. (Section 802 is the new definition of domestic terrorism, and the definition is “any action that endangers human life that is a violation of any Federal or State law.”) Section 501 of the second Patriot Act directly connects to Section 125 of the same act. The Justice Department boldly claims that the incredibly broad Section 802 of the First USA Patriot Act isn’t broad enough and that a new, unlimited definition of terroris
m is needed.

It seems to me that this takes the penalities for speeding, to an all time high. By this vague definition anyway. So the next time you spit on the street, or travel a 5 miles over the limit, remember you are committing an act of terrorism. I would imagine that if you were dark skinned, this would be a double threat.

With the threat of mosquito borne illness, bird borne illness, and threat of incarceration over the most minor infractions that might be determined to be detrimental to any human's health; it is best that we all just stay inside, except to work, or shop, or worship.
 
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Yes, i agree. This act has been in the making for a long time too. The first patriot act was made long ago, and they kept revising it because it wouldn't pass. Now they have a reason to do it, the false terrorist wars. This act is worse than any terrorism, and i think they know this, its all part of an agenda.
 
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Section 101: Individual Terrorists as Foreign Powers.

Under 50 U.S.C. § 1801(a)(4), the definition of "foreign power" includes groups that engage in international terrorism, but does not reach unaffiliated individuals who do so. As a result, investigations of "lone wolf" terrorists or "sleeper cells" may not be authorized under FISA. Such investigations therefore must proceed under the stricter standards and shorter time periods set forth in Title III, potentially resulting in unnecessary and dangerous delays and greater administrative burden. This provision would expand FISA's definition of "foreign power" to include all persons, regardless of whether they are affiliated with an international terrorist group, who engage in international terrorism.

yes, i must be dillusional because I actually read the other 95 words that make up this section. Reading the whole story is a good thing. Please, unless you are going to bring up valid, non-conspiracy theory points without the insults... i suggest you go... do stuff, i dunno, but have fun.

So remember people, unless you think driving 10mph over the speed limit is considered terrorism, don't bother listening to this guy. Wait nevermind, keep listening to him, it lowers the curve as to what is considered a "smart person" in this country.
 
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1. What is the Patriot Act 2?

The Patriot Act 2, also known as the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, was a proposed expansion of the original Patriot Act passed in the aftermath of 9/11. It aimed to give the government increased surveillance and intelligence-gathering powers, as well as the ability to detain and deport non-citizens deemed to be a threat to national security.

2. Who proposed the Patriot Act 2?

The Patriot Act 2 was proposed by the Bush administration in 2003, with support from then-Attorney General John Ashcroft and other government officials. However, it was met with significant opposition from civil rights groups and lawmakers, and ultimately did not pass into law.

3. What were some of the controversial provisions of Patriot Act 2?

Some of the controversial provisions of Patriot Act 2 included expanding the use of National Security Letters, which allow the government to obtain personal records without a warrant, and allowing the deportation of non-citizens based on mere suspicion of being a terrorist. It also proposed to create a DNA database for all citizens and to allow the government to strip citizenship from naturalized citizens who were deemed to be threats.

4. How did Alex Jones summarize the Patriot Act 2?

Alex Jones, a political commentator and conspiracy theorist, claimed that the Patriot Act 2 was a deliberate effort by the government to erode civil liberties and create a police state. He believed that the act was part of a larger plan to control and oppress the American people.

5. Did the Patriot Act 2 become law?

No, the Patriot Act 2 did not become law. It faced significant opposition from civil rights groups, lawmakers, and the public, and was ultimately not passed by Congress. However, some of its provisions were later incorporated into other legislation, such as the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005.

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