The Homeland Security Bill

by Preston 10 Replies latest jw friends

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  Preston

  The Patriot Act and the new bill creating a Department of Homeland Security leave out something very important.

  With these two bills the government will be allowed to create a central database that will contain information on every purchase you make with your credit cards, every medical prescription you fill, the Web sites you visit (including this one), the e-mails you send, your bank deposits and anything else that leaves an electronic record except for one thing: gun purchases.

  The government is not allowed to use the FBI's records of background checks for gun purchases to find out if a suspected terrorist has bought guns. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft (a guy that wants to put clothes on naked statues) has made that clear.

  Does this omission make sense? I don't care what books a terrorist reads, or what he buys at the supermarket. I do care if he is buying weapons.

  But the government is not allowed access to that information. Since this is the case, I can only conclude that George W. Bush is not the president of the United States.

  Charlton Heston is.
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  Trauma_Hound

  The bill is a travisty to the constitution anyways.
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  JH

  Communist countries like Russia, became free, and now free countries are becoming a police state.
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  animal

  hahahahaha

  Nuff said

  Animal
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  TR

  U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft (a guy that wants to put clothes on naked statues) has made that clear.

  You mean the statues with the tiny dinks?

  TR
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  heathen

  That is about the most insane proposition I've heard yet. I agree with chuck on this one all the way .When foriegners visit our country I think it's time we have some kind of intelligence on their activities especially when buying fire arms or methane gas.Don't get me wrong though I fully agree with Thomas Payne when he said those that sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither.
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  Mary

  I'm just waiting to have this passed in Canada...........then again, it'd cost too much to put in place and I'm sure our Members of Parliment are gonna need another raise soon...........
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  gsx1138

  Woohoo, John Asscroft finally has his own SS regime let the civil rights flow away.
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  ThiChi

  The information is already available and public. The Government will now have access to this already public information in one place. So the efficiency of obtaining the information has increased. So what?
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  Southland

  ^ ThiChi

  Since when is it public knowledge what web sites I've visited, what things I've purchased online recently, etc etc? All of this information is stored in many different places. The only difference, and it's a very BIG difference, is that the government can now centralize their access to all this information and do so without any warrants what so ever. This information, because it's not stored on your person, is not considered private.

  Big Brother is coming. :(

  PS, If they're going to all this trouble of consolidating the agencies, why are they only doing it half-ass and not folding in the FBI and CIA?