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| On what is possibly the eve of horrific infliction of death and destruction on the population of the nation of Iraq -- a population, I might add, of which over 50% is under age 15 -- this chamber is silent. On what is possibly only days before we send thousands of our own citizens to face unimagined horrors of chemical and biological warfare -- this chamber is silent. On the eve of what could possibly be a vicious terrorist attack in retaliation for our attack on Iraq, it is business as usual in the United States Senate. We are truly "sleepwalking through history."
-- U.S. Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), February 12, 2003 - Senate Floor Speech, published on CommonDreams.org |
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The 'Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003' [drafted in secret by the Justice Department without notifying congress and leaked to the Center for Public Integrity] would radically expand law enforcement and intelligence gathering authorities, reduce or eliminate judicial oversight over surveillance, authorize secret arrests, create a DNA database based on unchecked executive 'suspicion,' create new death penalties and even seek to take American citizenship away from persons who belong to or support disfavored political groups.
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-- Dr. David Cole, Georgetown University Law professor - Justice Dept. Secretly Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act, Center for Public Integrity, February 7th, 2003
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 In 1988
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