Anti-Civil Liberties Legislation Progresses

hillct writes: "The ACLU has a very good comparison chart of anti-terrorism provisions in legislation currently being considered by congress. It covers the Combating Terrorism Act of 2001, the House Bill (PATRIOT Act) and the Senate Bill (USA Act), comparing it all to current law. We've all seen pieces of this information but the ACLU staffers did a great job consolidating it all." CDT also has a very good pdf guide to these about-to-be-passed laws. But the Onion has the best commentary.

Re:ACLU

[BugMaster ChuckyD]

"need I say more?"

...umm yes because as it stands your post makes no sense and conveys no information at all.

PETA == terrorists?

[Dr. Awktagon]

Under the definition proposed by the Administration, even acts of simple civil disobedience could lead organizations such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to become targets of "terrorist" investigations.

Say, maybe these laws aren't so bad after all...

*ducks and runs* ... errm... *crouches down and runs* (don't want to offend the ducks)

Re:ACLU

[kevinank]

It could be a sort of Zen rhetorical question. A sort of 'is it really important if I say more, or less, cosmically speaking?'.

Or he could just be a first post Troll who is wondering how much he has to write to get past the lameness filters. The subject is just a red herring.

Or perhaps I'm hungry. Yes that seems more likely. -- hhgttg

Re:Amazing

[Anonymous Coward]

Seeing this quote is almost as annoying as the media's insistence on clarifying that "jihad" means "holy war" whenever it comes up.

Geeze! We've only been hearing the definition of jihad 20 times a day for the past month...

It's like looking at a grocery store ad and seeing:
"Special! $2.50 for a gallon of milk (A white liquid extracted from the mammary glands of cows)"

We know what it is already! Quit telling us!

Re:Martial Law

[Asikaa]

"We should just make bombs illegal"

You mean they're not? Someone should tell Wal-Mart about this missed opportunity.

Re:Scary Part

[Anonymous Coward]

Ant-terrorism? So we strap bombs to the little critters' backs and set them loose in Osama's compound? And we thought ants weren't much to worry about. Heck, even the ant trax are dangerous!