my patriot act paper for school

[redsoxliberal]

should be delievered as a speech... this is only the very beginning... still working on the rest:

Detained for thousands of days, stuck in a 7x9 cell for 23 hours a day. Some are tortured. Many have not been charged with anything, and there is no end in sight. This may sound like it is the work of some far off, tyrannical government halfway across the world. This is all the work of the United States government, and none of it is illegal due to legislation in the USA PATRIOT Act. Since September 11th, we have all been robbed of our civil liberties in the name of the War on Terror. In many cases, the Bill of Rights has been practically abandoned by the Patriot Act. Many people would wonder, “Why should I care if I have done nothing wrong?” In fact, the Patriot Act allows for any American to be detained and held without trial for an extended period of time. Any American can have their phone line tapped into. Any American can have their home searched, without a warrant from a judge. The government can even look into everything you have taken out of the library. Basically, big brother is watching you…Always.
One of the biggest problems is that the apathy of the general public towards such issues allowed bills like the Patriot Act to be passed, and if people don’t stand up and say “No” then we are headed towards a Fascist police state. Some say that the Patriot Act protects us from terrorism. However, 9/11 could have been prevented fairly easily without the Patriot Act had the government done its job instead of going on vacation. In fact, the Patriot Act actually does little to prevent terrorism, all it does it strip the country of the freedom that we have always stood for. The reason you should care is that we need more voices for dissent. This bill is unacceptable and needs to be phased out when congress gets the opportunity in 2005/2006. If everyone follows the government like sheep, then we will go further down the road of a police state, and, one day, it will be you that the Patriot Act, or an equivalent measure, is tackling.

[wtmusic]

1. Do you have the summary from the Congressional Research Service?

That's the only version I've found that's readable

[redsoxliberal]

2. no

[wtmusic]

3. Actually it's a legal analysis--but a good one

http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RL31377.pdf