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January 24, 2006
Uncle Sam's Gestapo
Among many truly horrific provisions of the PATRIOT Act and its reauthorization, Paul Craig Roberts today highlights a particularly scary one: Uncle Sam's very own Gestapo. Writes Roberts, quoting from the act:
"There is hereby created and established a permanent police force, to be known as the ’United States Secret Service Uniformed Division’."
This new federal police force is "subject to the supervision of the Secretary of Homeland Security."
The new police are empowered to "make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony."
But, of course, if you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to fear. Right?
Posted by Mike Tennant at January 24, 2006 09:52 AM
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