ANyone catch the Whitehouse braggin about catching a child molester using the Patriot Act, yesterday?
I haven't, but would sure be interested in it. Do you have a link?
I didn't
I did, but that was after they talked about getting a Klansman who was going to blow up abortion clinics and some other home grown would be bomber
I missed it, but apparantly it's an "old brag." The first blockquote below is against the Patriot Act in general - don't shoot me, I'm just the messanger.
In its Field Report the DOJ points to the use of this new authority in the investigation of crimes committed over the Internet. These successes, however, have had nothing to do with terrorism. For example, the Report provides specific examples of section 210's use in two large scale child pornography investigations, one large scale international child molester ring investigation, a "Colombine-like" attack investigation, and a child abduction investigation. While the government observes that eliminating the need for a search warrant assisted in the speedy identification of these perpetrators, the Field Report does not provide a single example of the use of these devices in combating terrorism, the purpose for which Congress granted DOJ these powers.Here is a link to "The Field Report," a July 2004 document prepared by the DoJ that specifically describes numerous successful uses of the PATRIOT Act. The child molester ring item and similar begins on page 19 of the report ...http://www.choate.com/file/pdf/publications/usa_patriot_act2.pdf
A report from the U.S. Justice Department this week [July 14, 2004] said the Patriot Act helped authorities bring down suspected child molester Terry Adkins and his wife. In May, a federal judge sentenced Terry Adkins, 26, to 75 years in prison. Jane Adkins, 34, was sentenced to 30 years.http://blog.watchright.com/index.php?itemid=177
http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/docs/071304_report_from_the_field.pdf <- 1.9 Mb