We will not allow this enemy to win the war by changing our way of life or restricting our freedoms.

—-  George W. Bush, September 12, 2001

       While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are in Afghanistan defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world”—the ostensibly pro-State sovereignty—Republican (fascist/socialist) de facto President George W. Bush (having received an unlawful advantage of 52 ineligible Electoral votes) signs the USA PATRIOT Act:

• Section 206 standardizes the “roving wiretap,” in which suspects are spied upon as opposed to the communications devices;
• Section 215 expands the nature of national security letters from VOLUNTARY compliance concerning foreign nationals to MANDATORY compliance concerning U.s. subject/enemy/citizens;
• Section 218 authorizes the Federal Bureau of Investigation to search the homes of U.s. subject/enemy citizens without a warrant or even their awareness;
• Section 358 nullifies state statutes protecting the privacy of personal credit records;
• Section 408 exempts American Airlines and United Airlines from being sued in state courts for lax security on 9-1-1 (9/11/2001);
• Section 411 allows the exclusion of foreigners into the nation who espouse political views critical of U.s. foreign policy;
• Section 412 suspends Habeas Corpus from six months to indefinitely;
• Section 505(a) prohibits recipients of national security letters from divulging to even an attorney that they have received one;

       NOTE: The USA PATRIOT was passed after only 40 minutes debate in the house of representatives and even less debate in the senate.  No committee hearings were held.  And no one was allowed to read its 130 pages.

       Postscript: In the two years since the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act, prosecutors and statute enforcement officers (acting under-color-of-law) have used the act less often against suspected international terrorists, and more often against United states subject/enemy/citizens engaged in illegal activities, such as smuggling, drug dealing and money laundering.

        [restored 6/18/2023] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix, Bill Holmes, Jim Lorenz and Chuck McGlawn for this entry.

       Edward C. Aldridge, Under Secretary of Defense (foreign military aggression) for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, announces the awarding of a 200,000,000,000 “dollar” contract—the largest in United states’ history—to Lockheed-Martin to build the F-35 Lightning II “Joint-Strike Fighter,” a plane which might have been useful during the Cold War, against the Soviet Union, but is ill-suited for the “War on Terror.”

       [added 6/18/2023]