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Shafting the Bill of Rights

03.08.06 (12:54 pm) [edit]

A provision in the "Patriot Act" creates a new federal police force with power to violate the Bill of Rights.

Go to House Report 109-333 -USA PATRIOT IMPROVEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005 and check it out for yourself. Sec. 605 reads:

"There is hereby created and established a permanent police force, to be known as the 'United States Secret Service Uniformed Division'."

The new police are empowered to "make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony."

The new police are assigned a variety of jurisdictions, including "an event designated under section 3056(e) of title 18 as a special event of national significance" (SENS).

Unfathomed Dangers in Patriot Act Reauthorization

“A special event of national significance” is not defined but most assuredly a Presidential State of the Union address such as Cindy Sheehan attended recently and was arrested I might add would come under this heading. Read more at Pourquoi Pas

posted by: reducto (reply)
post date: 03.08.06 (4:23 am)

If you commit an offense in front of a police officer, he doesn't go to a judge and gets a warrant, he arrests you. The Secret Service police are authorized to do the exact same thing. That's the point of being a police officer.

Hence the one section you didn't mention in the bill, "Members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division shall possess privileges and powers similar to those of the members of the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia."

In short, they are going to be police officers who can arrest you for committing a crime. Just like a regular police officer can. All of this without a warrant. Why? Because you are committing the crime-- the crime is the warrant.

Think, please.

posted by: DianneMaire (reply)
post date: 03.09.06 (8:43 am)

Bullshit Reducto, you know as well as I do how the PA is being abused and in fact already is. Read the entire post and comments at Pourquoi Pas. I see you're still defending the wrong side?