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Why it's called PATRIOT Act (Was: Re: profiling and my arabic friends)

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Subject: Why it's called PATRIOT Act (Was: Re: profiling and my arabic friends)
From: Wes Morgan <wmorga13 at calvin_edu>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 22:25:52 -0500
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It's an acronym. The full title is the USA PATRIOT Act, which stands for 
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools 
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. Somebody got a promotion 
for coming up with that little doozy...

Wes Morgan

Chris Lindemer wrote:

> <snip>
>
> (By the way, why is it named the Patriot Act?  Perception and spin.  
> If it was called the "Holding Foreign Nationals Without Charge Act" or 
> "Justice Without Due Process Act" you can bet the public would be much 
> less accepting.  Nevermind the "Spy on Your Neighbor Act.")

</snip>

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