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Re: Australia becomes a police state [serious]
From: "Kevin Spett" <kspett () spidynamics com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 10:26:20 -0500
I don't know what the laws in .au are like, but in the US no one can investigate or challenge an action made that is part of the "war on terrorism". The information is considered so secret that it can never be discussed in a court, not even in front of a Supreme Court Justice or the Senate, not even in front of the Senate intelligence committee. So in the US, if they want to harrass people and insist that it's part of the war on terror, they can. Due process, even under order of federal courts, has been *ignored* by the US military and nothing has been done about it. Kevin.
Umm. Not to rain on your Indymedia-inspired parade, Silvio, but have you read the legislation, or any of the discussions in parliament surrounding it? Or have you only read the hyperbolic predictions of doom that Indymedia agitators have made? The single key point that seems to be missing in Indymedia forums postings as of early this morning when I last checked is that these powers are only intended to be invoked in the event of a terrorist attack on the State. Not for random harrassment of random ethnic groups, raids on J Random Hacker, or raids on political agitators. Nor will graphing the local courthouse cause these laws to be invoked.
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