[Seattle-editorial] Fwd: The Secret Draft Of 'Patriot II' and MORE!

[Sheri Herndon]

>Delivered-To: sheri at speakeasy.org
>Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 08:53:40 -0500
>Subject: The Secret Draft Of 'Patriot II' and MORE!
>To: "sheri" <sheri at speakeasy.org>
>From: "TomPaine.com" <updates at tompaine.com>
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>BENCHING CONGRESS
>The Rising Power Of Federal Judges And Why The Dems Need To Fight Harder
>by Chris Mooney
>      It's time for elected Democrats to wake up to how their legislative
>powers are being snatched away by the federal judiciary.
>http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7237
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>SECRET DRAFT OF 'PATRIOT II'
>Justice Department Drafts Sweeping Expansion Of Anti-Terrorism Act
>by Charles Lewis and Adam Mayle
>      The Bush administration is preparing an audacious sequel to the
>U.S.A. Patriot Act that will give government brazen new powers to increase
>domestic intelligence-gathering while decreasing the public's right to
>review and contest those actions.
>http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7230
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>HOT AIR
>Does Anyone Believe Voluntary Emissions Compliance Will Work?
>by Natasha Hunter
>      The White House's request that the energy industry voluntarily reduce
>their greenhouse gas emissions is a sure-fire strategy for failure.
>http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7243
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>THIS IS NOT PERSIAN GULF II
>It's Panama, The Desert Redux
>by M. W. Guzy
>      Like Saddam Hussein, Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega was a
>ruthless thug who ruled a second-rate power with an iron fist. Will a Bush
>II war replay 1989's Operation Just Cause?
>http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7213
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>ECONOMICS REPORTING REVIEW
>February 1 - February 6
>A Weekly Compendium And Commentary On Recent Polling
>by Dean Baker
>      The Bush Saving Proposals ... Germany ... Genetically Modified Food
>... Medicaid ... and more.
>http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/7231
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>AND FROM OUR CHECK IT OUT! SECTION...
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>SAY THAT AND SIT ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE?
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>Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on
>Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, affirmed in a recent radio
>interview that the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II were
>necessary. "We were at war. They [Japanese-Americans] were an endangered
>species. For many of these Japanese Americans, it wasn't safe for them to
>be on the street."
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>Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), a Japanese-American interned in World War II
>camps in the United States, has responded to Cobble's comments: "If we
>were incarcerated for our safety, why were we inside the barbed wire
>fences, and why were the gun towers facing us?"
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>Advocacy groups, including the Japanese American Citizens League, have
>called for Rep. Coble to resign his post on the Judiciary committee and
>apologize. Reps. Coble and Honda's press secretaries have said that
>further announcements are forthcoming.
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>Interestingly, Rep. Coble sat on a bi-cameral committee that addressed
>Italian Americans and their internment in WWII, and eventually passed the
>Wartime Violation of Italian American Civil Liberties Act. This provides a
>track record for what Coble has done legislatively regarding World War II
>internment. He certainly considered the injustices for Italians -- he sat
>on the hearing committee. Rep. Coble also led the Congressional effort
>against the legislation that apologized and paid reparations to Japanese
>Americans that were interned.
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>Perhaps Coble will address his selective enthusiasm for American war-camp
>justice in his future announcements.
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