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To: PROLIFE who wrote (504495)	12/5/2003 4:52:16 PM
From: JBTFD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

<<It is in that spirit of responsible criticism that we raise our own concern - on President Bush's claimed right (which is not a part of the Patriot Act) to declare American citizens "enemy combatants" and effectively take them out of the legal system by detaining them indefinitely without judicial review. This practice is too susceptible to well-intentioned error - let alone abuse - without built-in judicial safeguards. Similarly, whether or not an individual is entitled to proceed in a court action, any person being detained should have the right to consult with an attorney. >> Damn. I wasn't expecting that!

To: PROLIFE who wrote (504495)	12/5/2003 5:15:34 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Funny! "Sen. Dianne Feinstein" is one of the most anti-privacy Senators in either party --- witness her support throughout the 'nineties for the 'Clipper Chip', and most any other Big Brother proposal that came down the pike! (What, you think that only the 'in-name-only conservatives' like Hatch are consistently pro Big Brother? Think again, there are plenty of Authoritarian types on BOTH sides of the aisle that are willing - nay, eager - to sell American's individual liberties down the river.) True conservatives don't want to feed Big Brother --- they will be for a smaller federal government and for protection of individual and state's rights vs. the feds. You think it's surprising that Feinstein would support both Patriot Act I (and Patriot Act II)? WHAT A LAUGH!