Hey kids! Here comes fascism!
This delightful draft of a legislation has been leaked to the Center for Public Integrity, which among other things allows John Ashcroft to deport you if he so chooses, even if you are a legal resident. It also guts the Freedom of Information Act even more than it has been, and so many more things it boggles the mind. Nobody's heard of this until now--the plan apparently was to unveil it quickly and suddenly when all eyes are elsewhere, say, during the upcoming war. Evil, evil, evil.
Justice Dept. Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act
By Charles Lewis and Adam Mayle(WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2003) -- The Bush Administration is preparing a bold, comprehensive sequel to the USA Patriot Act passed in the wake of September 11, 2001, which will give the government broad, sweeping new powers to increase domestic intelligence-gathering, surveillance and law enforcement prerogatives, and simultaneously decrease judicial review and public access to information.