Reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act (continued): Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, June 10, 2005U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005 - 1159 pages |
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... request for additional information requested by Chairman Sensenbrenner " Behind the Wire , " submitted for the record by Deborah Pearlstein , Director , U.S. Law and Security Program 2222 61 62 70 72 " Getting to Ground Truth ...
... request for additional information requested by Chairman Sensenbrenner " Behind the Wire , " submitted for the record by Deborah Pearlstein , Director , U.S. Law and Security Program 2222 61 62 70 72 " Getting to Ground Truth ...
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... request of the Democratic side of the House of Representatives . I thank you for complying with it . There are few issues more important to this Committee , and I might add , the Congress , than the war against terror and the PATRIOT ...
... request of the Democratic side of the House of Representatives . I thank you for complying with it . There are few issues more important to this Committee , and I might add , the Congress , than the war against terror and the PATRIOT ...
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... request of the Democrats to include provi- sions that will not sunset and some issues that are only tangen- tially related to the PATRIOT Act have also received formal Com- mittee consideration . This was at the request of the Minority ...
... request of the Democrats to include provi- sions that will not sunset and some issues that are only tangen- tially related to the PATRIOT Act have also received formal Com- mittee consideration . This was at the request of the Minority ...
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... requesting that the Secretary of State designate 46 new groups as terrorist organizations , per powers authorized by USA ... request . The memo states that the decision to disclose information that could be protected " should be made X 25.
... requesting that the Secretary of State designate 46 new groups as terrorist organizations , per powers authorized by USA ... request . The memo states that the decision to disclose information that could be protected " should be made X 25.
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... request . Mr. KING . Has that been looked into , do you know ? Is that fac- tual or is it an allegation at this point ? Mr. PITTS . No. We know that lots of librarians have been ap- proached for records . Often the PATRIOT Act is not ...
... request . Mr. KING . Has that been looked into , do you know ? Is that fac- tual or is it an allegation at this point ? Mr. PITTS . No. We know that lots of librarians have been ap- proached for records . Often the PATRIOT Act is not ...
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Page 579 - In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions : (1) Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any adverse distinction...
Page 575 - torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering...
Page 170 - Group and assure its responsiveness to the needs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense for operations analysis.
Page 575 - For the purpose of determining whether there are such grounds, the competent authorities shall take into account all relevant considerations including, where applicable, the existence in the State concerned of a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights.
Page 300 - Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism...
Page 58 - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act) was enacted on October 26, 2001.
Page 579 - To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the abovementioned persons ; (a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture...
Page 223 - To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him...
Page 687 - Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.
Page 218 - ... the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.