The PATRIOT Act was introduced into the House

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The government theorizes that with a declared “war” on drugs, the military can be used in domestic actions.

We can see how these precedents have been used to justify the placement of armed and uniformed federal troops at airports all over the nation.

History has shown that declarations of martial law and the suspension of due process are followed by heinous abuses of that authority.
October 2, in apparent response to the September 11 phone number list WTC/Pentagon attack. At first blush, because of its name, its list of sponsors and cosponsors, its short title (which creates the oxymoronical acronym PATRIOT) and its table of contents, we assumed the act was to be rushed through the legislative process and signed into law to give birth to the Brave New American police state.

Congress' decision to entitle the bill: “Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) was a deliberate affront to those commonly referred to by them and their media as “anti-government extremists”. A fairly close inspection of the 37-page bill indicates that it is merely a “housekeeping” bill that effectively straightens out some language and reiterates terms and conditions that already exist in U.S. Code.