The man charged with the crime was not a victim of the Patriot Act, he was charged with North Carolina *state* law that makes it a criminal act to manufacture, store..etc. etc..NBC weapons. Where does the Patriot Act come in on this? And just because he's charged with it doesn't mean he's convicted. You can indict a steak sandwich. The story about the NC man charged with manufacturing Chemical Weaps.. http://www.talkleft.com/archives/003741.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crispin Cowan" <crispin@private> To: "Brian Varine" <WitchDr@private> Cc: "CRIME list" <crime@private> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:04 PM Subject: Re: CRIME Wiretapping WiFi > Brian Varine wrote: > > > Do you think it has anything to do with the fact that terrorist groups > > are involved in drug trafficking, simple fraud, and money laundering? > > I think that's the justification that they use to enable abuse of holes > punched in the Bill of Rights in the name of anti-terrorism. We have > existence proof of people who are clearly *not* terrorists being treated > as terrorists under the law because it is convenient for law > enforcement, e.g. the guy with the crystal meth lab being charged with > manufacturing "chemical weapons." He had no connection to terrorists; > he's just a tweaker with a skanky meth lab. So bust him for running a > meth lab under existing drug law, but don't abuse the notion of > "terrorist" with this BS. It trivializes the Bill of Rights.
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