A new provision tucked into the Patriot Act bill now before Congress would allow authorities to haul demonstrators at any "special event of national significance" away to jail on felony charges if they are caught breaching a security perimeter.
"It concerns me greatly," said Bob Barr, former U.S. prosecutor and Republican representative from Georgia. "It clearly raises serious concerns about First Amendment rights."
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Here's another one where I agree with the peaceniks.
It's not about peace. It's about freedom.
Where has freedom ever effected without war? Would you have opposed Lincoln fighting the Confederates under the banner of "Freedom instead of War"?
Nadir: Who will be "free" if any of the anti-US forces win in Iraq?
The U.S. shouldn't be in Iraq in the first place.
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