Poster
07-19-2004, 01:39 PM
The Justice Department has released a report stating how the U.S. Patriot Act has helped in an additional 310 arrests, of which 179 were convictions or guilty pleas. The report states how the act has been used to prosecute terrorists as well as help in other criminal investigations such as child *****graphy and kidnappings. The report was released in order to drum up support for those provisions of the Patriot Act scheduled to expire next year.
"This report is an unprecedented compilation of dozens of real-life cases from across the country in which the FBI and other law enforcement officials have used the tools of the Patriot Act to protect America's families and communities and even to save lives," Ashcroft said after meeting with House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.).
“But Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the examples indicate that ‘the Patriot Act went too far too fast, and gave law enforcement officials too much power that had nothing to do with terrorism.’"
For more information see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48011-2004Jul13.html
"This report is an unprecedented compilation of dozens of real-life cases from across the country in which the FBI and other law enforcement officials have used the tools of the Patriot Act to protect America's families and communities and even to save lives," Ashcroft said after meeting with House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.).
“But Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the examples indicate that ‘the Patriot Act went too far too fast, and gave law enforcement officials too much power that had nothing to do with terrorism.’"
For more information see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48011-2004Jul13.html