Terrorism Fears Push Md. Toward Wider Police Power

washingtonpost ^ | March 25, 2002 | Matthew Mosk

[Razz]

"I realize that this bill basically says you can tap someone's phone for jaywalking, and normally I would say, 'No way,' " said Del. Dana Lee Dembrow (D-Montgomery). "But after what happened on September 11th, I say screw 'em."

Given the potential for mass casualties, said Del. Robert A. Zirkin (D-Baltimore County), the occasional intrusion into lives "seems worth the risk."

"I know it's hard to swallow," Zirkin said. "But I think we need to take a couple steps in that direction right now."

[Razz]

"I say screw 'em."

- The most honesty you'll ever see from a politician.

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[Lion's Cub]

Somehow I missed this travesty in Va., and I'll have to look it up later. One more year and we can get out of this fledgling police state. (And to think we moved here partly because I thought it'd be one of the last places to fall...)

But the accelerating madness is worse in Md., where real Americans might want to evacuate ASAP. We can take the state back after the revolution :)

[Lion's Cub]

Indexing

[aristeides]

Isn't Dembrow the same guy who made a vulgar comment about Linda Tripp because she recorded her phone conversations with Monica? Seems a little bit inconsistent.

[B4Ranch]

They have been screwing us since before I was born.

[jordan8]

In January, Gov. Parris N. Glendening (D) formed a task force to pull a wide range of initiatives into one bill. Several of the task force proposals have since been stripped away by uneasy lawmakers, including restrictions that would have prevented foreign nationals from holding driver's licenses if their visas had expired.

THIS is what they worry about? Is there a better example of the treasonous mentality of the ruling class? Oh well, got multiculturalism, got a police state.

During committee hearings, the opponents argued that election-year politics -- and the intense political pressure to pass something that appears to be tough on terrorism -- is at the root of Maryland's anti-terrorism effort. They predicted that most of the proposals, if they become law, would be used in criminal cases that have nothing to do with international terrorism.

Count on it, 'specially the international part.

[Razz]

They're getting especially brave now .. usually they're not so blatant about disregarding the Constitution. Or, at least, they don't usually admit it outright.

[Razz]

They're getting especially brave now .. usually they're not so blatant about disregarding the Constitution. Or, at least, they don't usually admit it outright.

[Razz]

They're getting especially brave now .. usually they're not so blatant about disregarding the Constitution. Or, at least, they don't usually admit it outright.

[Razz]

sheesh ..sticky buttons....

[Free the USA]

fyi