Oh, Say Can You See

The Cubicle Dweller delivers this:

The "T" word
I found this list on Wired.com:


The USA Patriot Act changes some of Americans' fundamental legal rights in the name of the war on terror, including:

· Freedom of association: The government may monitor religious and political groups without evidence of criminal activity.

· Right to liberty: Americans may be jailed without being charged or being able to confront witnesses against them.

· Freedom from unreasonable searches: The government may search and seize Americans' papers and effects without probable cause to aid terrorism investigation.

· Freedom of speech: The government may prosecute librarians, telecommunication company officials and anyone else who reveals they have received a subpoena for records related to the terrorism investigation.

· Right to legal representation: The government may monitor penal communications between attorneys and clients, and deny lawyers to Americans accused of crimes.

· Right to a speedy and public trial: The government may jail Americans indefinitely without a trial.

· Freedom of information: The government has closed once-public immigration hearings, secretly detained hundreds of people without charges, and has encouraged bureaucrats to resist requests for public records under the Freedom of Information Act. (From Wired News, September 11, 2002)

Halloween must have come early this year, friends, because I'm scared. George Orwell, save us all...
P.S.: Thank you, master juggler of penguins. You are, obviously, an inspiration to me, in the sense that your insightful, thought-provoking, and, above all, timely posts keep me from having to resort to the tedium of actually searching for information or coming up with ideas of my own.