Prepare for departure

[andrewducker]

Those of you between Canada and Mexico may wish to revise your living arrangements.

PATRIOT II is under review. This sequel to the delightful PATRIOT act will include:

• Americans could have their citizenship revoked, if found to have contributed "material support" to organizations deemed by the government, even retroactively, to be "terrorist."



• Legal permanent residents (like, say, my French wife), could be deported instantaneously, without a criminal charge or even evidence, if the Attorney General considers them a threat to national security.



• Authorities could wiretap anybody for 15 days, and snoop on anyone's Internet usage (including chat and email), all without obtaining a warrant.



• The government would be specifically instructed not to release any information about detainees held on suspicion of terrorist activities, until they are actually charged with a crime.



• Police officers carrying out illegal searches would also be granted legal immunity if they were just carrying out orders.

More here

Comments

[derumi.livejournal.com]

Awesome. That would put us on line with some of those European countries. 9_9

Hey, about that last bit? I suppose if our police start torturing suspects on orders, they'll be immune too? Can't we expand that ruling some more? I need work on my German goosestep.

Those wiling to give up freedom for security deserve neither. >_> Fuck.

[arkhamrefugee.livejournal.com]

So how are the emigration laws looking over there where you are?

[autodidactic.livejournal.com]

I might have to get a Canadian friend of mine to marry me just so I can get out of the country for at least long enough to find a job.

I wonder if there's been a sudden outflux of Americans to other countries? I know personally of at least three.

A.

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile over here the UK govt is trying to revoke the British passport of a leading Muslim cleric - admittedly this Abu Hazma's statements seem to be very inflammatory and he is generally not a nice person - very very racist and not supported by most ordinary folk.

see here (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/attacks/story/0,1320,902337,00.html) for more.

I'm not sure that I approve of either party in this, but Abu Hazma is actually wanted on terrorist charges in Yemen, so perhaps that swings it a bit.

As a general point, seemingly often forgotten, democracy is the rule of the majority. Most people are stupid. What sort of things do you therefore expect to happen?

[drainboy.livejournal.com]

If you're an American, born in America, with no familial ties to any other country and you have your citizenship revoked, where do you go exactly?