Obama and the Patriot Act: Yes We Can Kill the Bill of Rights Kurt Nimmo www.infowars.com February 28, 2010 Obama waited until Saturday night to renew the Bill of Rights busting Patriot Act. It was set to expire today. Both the Senate and the House signed off on the extension last week. So called privacy protections were dumped when Senate Democrats failed to raise a 60-vote supermajority to pass them. Cast aside were restrictions and greater scrutiny on the governments authority to spy on Americans and seize their records, the Associated Press reports. The Obama administration wanted to extend the measure because of provisions it says are important in tracking suspected terrorists, including roving wiretaps to track multiple communications devices, Reuters reported on Thursday. Disappointingly, the governments dangerously broad authority to conduct roving wiretaps of unspecified or John Doe targets, to secretly wiretap of persons without any connection to terrorists or spies under the so-called lone wolf provision, and to secretly access a wide range of private business records without warrants under PATRIOT Section 215 were all renewed without any new checks and balances to prevent abuse, Kevin Bankston wrote last week after the act sailed through Congress. Instead of tracking terrorists, the bill has been used to track the American people. In 2008, for instance, the Justice Department made 763 requests for sneak-and-peek warrants, but only three of those had to do with …
Obama and the Patriot Act: Yes We Can Kill the Bill of Rights Kurt Nimmo www.infowars.com February 28, 2010 Obama waited until Saturday night to renew the Bill of Rights busting Patriot Act. It was set to expire today. Both the Senate and the House signed off on the extension last week. So called privacy protections were dumped when Senate Democrats failed to raise a 60-vote supermajority to pass them. Cast aside were restrictions and greater scrutiny on the governments authority to spy on Americans and seize their records, the Associated Press reports. The Obama administration wanted to extend the measure because of provisions it says are important in tracking suspected terrorists, including roving wiretaps to track multiple communications devices, Reuters reported on Thursday. Disappointingly, the governments dangerously broad authority to conduct roving wiretaps of unspecified or John Doe targets, to secretly wiretap of persons without any connection to terrorists or spies under the so-called lone wolf provision, and to secretly access a wide range of private business records without warrants under PATRIOT Section 215 were all renewed without any new checks and balances to prevent abuse, Kevin Bankston wrote last week after the act sailed through Congress. Instead of tracking terrorists, the bill has been used to track the American people. In 2008, for instance, the Justice Department made 763 requests for sneak-and-peek warrants, but only three of those had to do with …
Jones vor Debüt für die USA
Der Mittelfeldspieler Jermaine Jones vom deutschen Fußball-Vizemeister FC Schalke 04 steht vor seinem Debüt für die Nationalmannschaft der USA. Trainer Bob Bradley berief den 28-Jährigen in das 23-köpfige Aufgebot für das Testspiel gegen Brasilien am 10. August in East Rutherford/New Jersey.
Ein alter Neuzugang : Felix Magath sieht Jermaine Jones auf einem guten Weg
GELSENKIRCHEN Die „13“ kann auch Glück bringen, das hat nicht nur Thomas Müller bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Südafrika erleben können. Schalkes Nummer 13 Jermaine Jones durfte zuletzt im Rahmen des „LIGA total Cups“ in der Veltins-Arena genau 13 Minuten mitwirken.
