1984 - the sequel
Sequels are invariably far worse than the originals. This holds true with Patriot Act II. Its proposals for the repeal of civil liberties are frightening and could serve to send us back to the McCarthy era. I'll try to get more thoughts together on this during the week, but here's some homework for ya' in the meantime:
- The Patriot II page at The Center for Public Integrity,
- An article on Patriot II at Slashdot, with a lot of interesting comments (sorted from strongest to weakest), and
- Some recent activity involving the original Patriot Act by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
Don't read this stuff too close to bedtime. You'll wake up in the morning thinking you had a nightmare -- and then realize that it's all real. The good news is that it's not law yet but it will be if you and I don't do anything to stop it. Waddaya say?
(Update: 2/13/03) There may be hope that Congress is waking up. I would assume that they could be spied apon by the Pentagon like any other citizen so they should be cautious -- if only to protect themselves and their reputations...
:-p
