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Land Mine in Patriot Act Provision
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:49:22 -0500
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [IP] Land Mine in Patriot Act Provision Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:18:06 -0500 From: Gabe Goldberg <gabe () gabegold com> To: dave () farber net References: <43F053A4.6030406 () farber net> Whatever else is new here, it isn't the Secret Service's Uniformed Division. The Uniformed Division's cars are pretty common and visible in DC. It always seemed funny, a division of the "Secret" Service wearing uniforms. Perhaps the law changes the division's mission, perhaps it moves the division within the government. Perhaps it increases the division's police powers, makes them general and complete instead of targeted. (There are dozens of tiny and obscure police forces in DC -- many agencies have their own little police fiefdoms. There have been moves to coordinate them and increase their scope and authority.) But it would be useful to know what's new here since it isn't the division itself. http://www.secretservice.gov/ describes the Secret Service and links to http://www.secretservice.gov/ud.shtml for the Uniformed Division. Dave Farber wrote:
Reprinted from NewsMax.com Land Mine in Patriot Act Provision Paul Craig Roberts Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006 A provision in the "Patriot Act" creates a new federal police force with power to violate the Bill of Rights. You might think that this cannot be true, as you have not read about it in newspapers or heard it discussed by talking heads on TV. However, it is a looming reality. Go to House Report 109-333 - "USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005," and check it out for yourself. Sec. 605 states the following: "There is hereby created and established a permanent police force, to be known as the 'United States Secret Service Uniformed Division.'" This new federal police force is "subject to the supervision of the secretary of homeland security."
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