When did Minister Arsecroft get Veto Powers

[BaliBabyDoc]

Next thing you know he will be locking away people without trial

In a letter to Senate leaders, Attorney General John Ashcroft said the changes contemplated by the Security and Freedom Ensured Act, or SAFE, would "undermine our ongoing campaign to detect and prevent catastrophic terrorist attacks."
If the bill reaches President Bush's desk in its current form, Ashcroft said, "the president's senior advisers will recommend that it be vetoed."

 

[DealMonkey]

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc
Next thing you know he will be locking away people without trial

In a letter to Senate leaders, Attorney General John Ashcroft said the changes contemplated by the Security and Freedom Ensured Act, or SAFE, would "undermine our ongoing campaign to detect and prevent catastrophic terrorist attacks."
If the bill reaches President Bush's desk in its current form, Ashcroft said, "the president's senior advisers will recommend that it be vetoed."

Congress should then threaten to let the entire PATRIOT act expire next year. That'll show 'em they can play hardball.

Q: How many terrorists has the PATRIOT act actually caught? Any? Can someone put a number on it?

 

[Zephyr106]

Well I just saw today that the Patriot Act may have helped gather intelligence that lead to the extra-judicial killing in Yemen of an American citizen associated with Al-Qaeda. But he was a dirty brown Muslim so he wasn't realllly an American, right?

Zephyr

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: DealMonkey

Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc
Next thing you know he will be locking away people without trial

In a letter to Senate leaders, Attorney General John Ashcroft said the changes contemplated by the Security and Freedom Ensured Act, or SAFE, would "undermine our ongoing campaign to detect and prevent catastrophic terrorist attacks."
If the bill reaches President Bush's desk in its current form, Ashcroft said, "the president's senior advisers will recommend that it be vetoed."

Congress should then threaten to let the entire PATRIOT act expire next year. That'll show 'em they can play hardball.

Q: How many terrorists has the PATRIOT act actually caught? Any? Can someone put a number on it?

They used the Patriot Act against evil-doing telemarketers.

 

[DealMonkey]

So the PATRIOT act will end up being much like the DMCA, a big stick that doesn't do what it's supposed to do while taking away our rights? Way to go arsecraft, way to go.