[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [GSN] *Bush Seeks Right to strip citizenship from Americans he doesn't like

[Margaret E. Kosal]

Suspect this was part of the discussion of USA Patriot Act II ... but not 
sure if the specifics were emphasized.

Margaret

>  http://www.prorev.com/indexa.htm
>BUSH SEEKS RIGHT TO STRIP CITIZENSHIP
>FROM AMERICANS HE DOESN'T LIKE
>
>CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY - The Bush Administration is preparing a bold,
>comprehensive sequel to the USA Patriot Act passed in the wake of September
>11, 2001, which will give the government broad, sweeping new powers to
>increase domestic intelligence-gathering, surveillance and law enforcement
>prerogatives, and simultaneously decrease judicial review and public access
>to information. The Center for Public Integrity has obtained a draft, dated
>January 9, 2003, of this previously undisclosed legislation and is making it
>available in full text). The bill, drafted by the staff of Attorney General
>John Ashcroft and entitled the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003,
>has not been officially released by the Department of Justice, although
>rumors of its development have circulated around the Capitol for the last
>few months under the name of "the Patriot II Act" in legislative parlance.
>"We haven't heard anything from the Justice Department on updating the
>Patriot Act," House Judiciary Committee spokesman Jeff Lungren told the
>Center. "They haven't shared their thoughts on that. Obviously, we'd be
>interested, but we haven't heard anything at this point.". . .
>
>An Office of Legislative Affairs "control sheet" that was obtained by the
>PBS program "Now With Bill Moyers" seems to indicate that a copy of the bill
>was sent to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and Vice President Richard
>Cheney on Jan. 10, 2003. "Attached for your review and comment is a draft
>legislative proposal entitled the 'Domestice Security Enhancement Act of
>2003,'" the memo, sent from "OLP" or Office of Legal Policy, says. [A
>Justice official] later told the Center that the draft "is an early
>discussion draft and it has not been sent to either the Vice President or
>the Speaker of the House."
>
>Dr. David Cole, Georgetown University Law professor and author of Terrorism
>and the Constitution, reviewed the draft legislation at the request of the
>Center, and said that the legislation . . . "would radically expand law
>enforcement and intelligence gathering authorities, reduce or eliminate
>judicial oversight over surveillance, authorize secret arrests, create a DNA
>database based on unchecked executive 'suspicion,' create new death
>penalties, and even seek to take American citizenship away from persons who
>belong to or support disfavored political groups.". . .
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>One provision:
>
>Section 501, "Expatriation of Terrorists" - This provision, the drafters
>say, would establish that an American citizen could be expatriated "if, with
>the intent to relinquish his nationality, he becomes a member of, or
>provides material support to, a group that the United Stated has designated
>as a 'terrorist organization'." But whereas a citizen formerly had to state
>his intent to relinquish his citizenship, the new law affirms that his
>intent can be "inferred from conduct." Thus, engaging in the lawful
>activities of a group designated as a "terrorist organization" by the
>Attorney General could be presumptive grounds for expatriation.
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