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Politics : The Castle
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To: tejek who wrote (2160)10/13/2003 1:48:24 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 7936
 
With the new law breaking down the wall between intelligence and criminal investigations, the Justice Department in February was able to bring terrorism-related charges against a Florida professor

WHo was accused of helping to support and fund terrorists. If the charge is true then its reasonable to bring terrorist related charges against him. If the charge is false then it is similar to other cases where people have been falsely charged throughout history.

The authorities have also used toughened penalties under the law to press charges against a lovesick 20-year-old woman from Orange County, Calif., who planted threatening notes aboard a Hawaii-bound cruise ship she was traveling on with her family in May. The woman, who said she made the threats to try to return home to her boyfriend, was sentenced this week to two years in federal prison because of a provision in the Patriot Act on the threat of terrorism against mass transportation systems.

I don't really see how a great injustice was done to her.

But he said the Justice Department's secrecy and lack of cooperation in implementing the legislation have made him question whether "the government is taking shortcuts around the criminal laws" by invoking intelligence powers — with differing standards of evidence — to conduct surveillance operations and demand access to records.

I agree that this is something that should be looked in to.

Tim
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