September 11, 2003

President Asks for Expanded Patriot Act (washingtonpost.com): "Hailing the passage of the 2001 USA Patriot Act, which expanded federal police powers, Bush said those changes did not go far enough. He called for empowering authorities in terrorist investigations to issue subpoenas without going to grand juries, to hold suspects without bail and to pursue the death penalty in more cases. "

That's right. The first one didn't go far enough. America, it seems, has been woefully ignorant to believe in due process all these years.

No comments: