Here we go again...

[kengr]

Yet another bill that allows you to have a right denied on mere "suspicion"

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200705/CUL20070502b.html

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[mazarinade.livejournal.com]

I'll see your right to be denied firearms on mere suspicion and raise you our Detention without trial and without having committed any offence if the government assesses you as a risk to others (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6374547.stm). Although the Lords are giving it a rough ride in Parliament, the government has power to override all of the amendments if it really wants the power to shut dissidents up.

[kengr]

Oh, you see, under the Patriot Act and a couple other things attached to various funding bills, they can already make a simple declaration that one is a [some "cute" legalistic term] and lock you up indefinitely with no right to a hearing ever.

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

And lets not forget that the Army defines anyone who can freely access open source information as a domestic threat.

[lone-cat.livejournal.com]

Now the wingers (well, at least some of them) get concerned about the idea that a "suspected terraist" can be anyone the President or AG say is one. It's about time.

BTW, the bill is S. 1237 , for anyone who might want to go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and look it up.