November
30, 2001 Dear Newswatch Magazine Listeners/Readers:
The September 11,
2001 terrorist attack upon the United States was a terrible crime against our
nation. Those who are working for a One-World-Government look for opportunities
to use crises to further their aims and purposes. Legislators rush to pass Laws
that they say are designed to protect America from future terrorist attacks. One
such Law has now been passed with only three "no" votes. The short name for it
is the USA PATRIOT ACT. Critics, on both the left and right politically, are
saying the Act does nothing to secure our nation from terrorist attacks, but it
only STRIPS Americans of fundamental Constitutional rights. THEY SAY IT HAS SET
THE STAGE FOR A POLICE STATE IN AMERICA.
Representative Ron Paul from
Texas is one of the three who voted against it. WHY? He claims the Act is a
wholesale abrogation of civil liberties and totally unconstitutional. Ron Paul
revealed that this monumental act of congress was not printed and a copy
delivered to each congressman BEFORE it was introduced to be voted upon. No one
knew WHAT was inside the pages of it. Only those who wrote it knew the true
ramifications of the Act. He reported that the committee "stonewalled" as to
what the contents of the Act was - yet it was passed!!!
Ron Paul said the
worst part of the antiterrorism bill is the increased ability of the federal
government to commit surveillance on all of us without proper search warrants.
He referred to Section 213 which allows police to avoid giving prior warning
when searches of personal property are conducted. This totally eliminates OUR
Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures.
I,
Editor of Newswatch Magazine, have said for years that their plan is to erode
the constitution piece-by-piece until we have a police state. The Fourth
Amendment states: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall
NOT be violated; and no warrants shall issue, BUT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE, supported
by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched,
and the persons or things to be seized." Ron Paul says the new Law clearly
authorizes illegal search and seizure. Our founding fathers rebelled against the
British government for less.
Representative Bernie Sanders from Vermont
is an independent. He voted against the Act also because: "I took an oath to
support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and I'm concerned that
by voting for this legislation fundamentally violates that oath. And the full
contents of the legislation have no been subjected to serious hearings and
searching examination."
Representative C. L. Otter [R-Idaho], one of the
three who voted against the Act, found the legislation unconstitutional and said
he knew the provision would be a problem. Section 215 authorizes the FBI to
confiscate any business records by order of A SECRET U.S. COURT. The person
searched is FORBIDDEN from telling any person that he has received such a
request [to be searched]. This is a violation of the First Amendment right to
free speech and the Fourth Amendment protection of private property. Otter said
that "some of these provisions place more power in the hands of law enforcers
than our Founding Fathers could have dreamt and severely compromises the civil
liberties of law abiding Americans. This bill is rife with constitutional
INFRINGEMENTS I could not support."
America - we are on the brink of
destruction as a nation the way we have known it.
Sincerely, David J.
Smith
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