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To: MythMan who wrote (226466)	3/8/2003 9:30:50 AM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Adolf and Ashcroft A comparison by Falcon on the FOOL Officially titled “The Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003,” John Ashcroft's new bill would allow the government to strip the citizenship of Americans suspected of being a member of a “terrorist” group, and would nullify an array of court-ordered restrictions on police spying. Plus, just when the public is crying for more corporate and government transparency, the bill guts the Freedom of Information Act, enabling officials to suppress any information they feel might compromise national security. Read the Scary Truth: publicintegrity.org COLE: I think this is quite a radical proposal. It authorizes secret arrests. Never before in this country have we authorized secret arrests. Arrests have always been public. And that's for a good reason. To take someone off the street and lock him up is the most serious thing that a state can do to its citizenry, short of executing them. BASKIN: And Cole says the draft legislation is worrisome because it is so broadly written. COLE: It would give the Attorney General essentially unchecked authority to deport anyone who he thought was a danger to our economic interests. It would strip citizenship from people for lawful political associations. pbs.org The new bill bears a scary resemblance to Hitler's Enabling Act. Passed by the German Parliament on March 23, 1933, the 'Law for Removing the Distress of the People and the Reich' effectively meant “the end of democracy in Germany." To Quote Adolf: "The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures." "The number of cases in which an internal necessity exists for having recourse to such a law is in itself a limited one." To Quote Ashcroft "Today, we are safer because we have transformed the rules of engagement for investigating and prosecuting suspected terrorists within our borders," said Ashcroft.