No Greater Threat: America After September 11 and the Rise of a National Security StateA pertinent analysis of the "USA Patriot Act," based on meticulous legal research and straight talk, points to America's ominous evolution into a national security state. "In this very important study, C. W. Michaels gives us a unique guide and commentar. |
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The ruling authority of a national security state sees its role starkly. It undertakes the mission of national security as a primary and defining image of its authority. To that end, a national security state will deal harshly will all ...
The ruling authority of a national security state sees its role starkly. It undertakes the mission of national security as a primary and defining image of its authority. To that end, a national security state will deal harshly will all ...
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Of course, survivalist, extreme right-wing and “patriot” movements long have claimed that the federal government has too much power or acts beyond constitutional authority strictly understood. These movements have not been taken ...
Of course, survivalist, extreme right-wing and “patriot” movements long have claimed that the federal government has too much power or acts beyond constitutional authority strictly understood. These movements have not been taken ...
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even if it means the use of extreme executive authority. ... Mentioning other authorities on this matter,21 Dean warns that while there has not yet been a true constitutional dictatorship in America, its potential development cannot be ...
even if it means the use of extreme executive authority. ... Mentioning other authorities on this matter,21 Dean warns that while there has not yet been a true constitutional dictatorship in America, its potential development cannot be ...
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Many of these Departments are given new offices, new budgets, new or expanded enforcement powers, or new regulatory authority. Curiously omitted from direct mention by an Act so dedicated to enhanced surveillance or investigative powers ...
Many of these Departments are given new offices, new budgets, new or expanded enforcement powers, or new regulatory authority. Curiously omitted from direct mention by an Act so dedicated to enhanced surveillance or investigative powers ...
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Title I expands presidential authority to investigate terrorist attacks and to seize property used in such attacks.13 This Section contains sweeping language authorizing confiscation of property, to be echoed later in Titles II and III.
Title I expands presidential authority to investigate terrorist attacks and to seize property used in such attacks.13 This Section contains sweeping language authorizing confiscation of property, to be echoed later in Titles II and III.
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Contents
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The USA PATRIOT ACT Titles VII Through X | 157 |
Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 Proposed | 211 |
The First Six Elements of a National Security State | 229 |
The Next Six Elements of a National Security State | 359 |
The National Security State Scorecard a Possible Future Overall Cultural Themes | 473 |
Closing Observations and the Need for Watchfulness | 503 |
Index | 525 |
Books and Recommended Reading | 529 |
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Page 37 - When a nation is at war many things that might be said in time of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight, and that no court could regard them as protected by any constitutional right.
Page 37 - The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger...
Page 399 - A world where some live in comfort and plenty, while half of the human race lives on less than $2 a day, is neither just nor stable.
Page 147 - [A] warrant is not required to break down a door to enter a burning home to rescue occupants or extinguish a fire, to prevent a shooting or to bring emergency aid to an injured person. The need to protect or preserve life or avoid serious injury is justification for what would be otherwise illegal absent an exigency or emergency.
Page 397 - America is now threatened less by conquering states than we are by failing ones. We are menaced less by fleets and armies than by catastrophic technologies in the hands of the embittered few.
Page 397 - The United States possesses unprecedented — and unequaled — strength and influence in the world. Sustained by faith in the principles of liberty, and the value of a free society, this position comes with unparalleled responsibilities, obligations, and opportunity. The great strength of this nation must be used to promote a balance of power that favors freedom.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | No Greater Threat: America After September 11 and the Rise of a National Security State Derecho (E-libro) |
| Author | C. William Michaels |
| Publisher | Algora Publishing, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0875861695, 9780875861692 |
| Length | 536 pages |
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