No Greater Threat: America After September 11 and the Rise of a National Security StateAlgora Publishing, 2002 - 536 pages A 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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... surveillance and investigation with a compliant consumer culture and oddly familiar retro politics. A national security state generally believes it is under constant siege by malevolent forces both within and without. It usually has ...
... surveillance and investigation with a compliant consumer culture and oddly familiar retro politics. A national security state generally believes it is under constant siege by malevolent forces both within and without. It usually has ...
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... surveillance, and prosecution, coupled with the almost uncanny ability of theAmerican public to place too much faith in government at the precise time when just the opposite approach is required. SOME HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS Modern ...
... surveillance, and prosecution, coupled with the almost uncanny ability of theAmerican public to place too much faith in government at the precise time when just the opposite approach is required. SOME HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS Modern ...
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... Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) and the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). Markedly, this string of legislation committed the United States to an external effort against global terrorism and to seek out ...
... Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) and the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). Markedly, this string of legislation committed the United States to an external effort against global terrorism and to seek out ...
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... surveillance, enlist the aid of the media to generate support for the ruling regime or actively suppress or eliminate opposition media, and reduce the role or the ability of the judiciary to challenge or hinder the operation of the ...
... surveillance, enlist the aid of the media to generate support for the ruling regime or actively suppress or eliminate opposition media, and reduce the role or the ability of the judiciary to challenge or hinder the operation of the ...
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... Surveillance Act, establishing a unique Court, called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court. This Act is still very much in force today and in fact has been amended and expanded by Congressional action following September 11 ...
... Surveillance Act, establishing a unique Court, called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court. This Act is still very much in force today and in fact has been amended and expanded by Congressional action following September 11 ...
Contents
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The USA PATRIOT ACT Titles IV Through VI | 119 |
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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