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To: Travis McGee
I found this link with a summary of the Bill

Here is what I was looking for:

Title VIII: Strengthening the Criminal Laws Against Terrorism - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit specific terrorist acts or otherwise destructive, disruptive, or violent acts against mass transportation vehicles, ferries, providers, employees, passengers, or operating systems.

(Sec. 802) Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) revise the definition of "international terrorism" to include activities that appear to be intended to affect the conduct of government by mass destruction; and (2) define "domestic terrorism" (my bold) as activities that occur primarily within U.S. jurisdiction, that involve criminal acts dangerous to human life, and that appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, to influence government policy by intimidation or coercion, or to affect government conduct by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.

(Sec. 803) Prohibits harboring any person knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe that such person has committed or to be about to commit a terrorism offense.

(Sec. 804) Establishes Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed at U.S. facilities abroad.

(Sec. 805) Applies the prohibitions against providing material support for terrorism to offenses outside of the United States.

(Sec. 806) Subjects to civil forfeiture all assets, foreign or domestic, of terrorist organizations.

(Sec. 808) Expands: (1) the offenses over which the Attorney General shall have primary investigative jurisdiction under provisions governing acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries; and (2) the offenses included within the definition of the Federal crime of terrorism.

(Sec. 809) Provides that there shall be no statute of limitations for certain terrorism offenses if the commission of such an offense resulted in, or created a foreseeable risk of, death or serious bodily injury to another person.

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It goes on, --- but while this pamphlet published in Phoenix is stupid, I don't see the actual bill as taking away any more of our freedoms than living with uncontrolled terrorist behavior would.

233 posted on 11/16/2001 1:10:58 PM PST by maica
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To: maica
Just hope that your own organization is never called a terrorist organization by the feds: say a right to life group which ever had a member send a letter interpreted as threatening.

RICO and asset forfeiture laws were also sold as being narrowly targeted against mobsters and drug kingpins, now they are used against pro-life groups and to sieze the cash of old ladies.

Now, with the Patriot Act, groups seen by the feds as causing problems will be named as terrorist groups (or those supporting them) and Katy bar the door.

235 posted on 11/16/2001 1:11:01 PM PST by Travis McGee
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To: maica
"and (2) define "domestic terrorism" (my bold) as activities that occur primarily within U.S. jurisdiction, that involve criminal acts dangerous to human life, and that appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, to influence government policy by intimidation or coercion,"

Sounds like the Bill and Hillary show along with thier side kicks Gore and Loserman! What are the Fed's waiting for? Serve warrants and arrest them now!

Heck just arrest them, FBI does not need warrants anymore.

257 posted on 11/16/2001 1:13:43 PM PST by Wolfhound77
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