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To: SUSSA
There will be measures taken at airports and ports of entry, government facilities and probably at high profile private sites as well, but it's too soon to predict that the Bill of Rights will be scrapped. That might be the case if there were a large population behind the terrorists, but that doesn't seem to be the case. There probably will be some interesting cases in the next few months, though, since there most surely are some terrorists at large and some sympathizers they can hide among. Doubtless someone will complain that their rights were violated because they "looked like a terrorist," and they may even be right. That happens in crisis situations. But if the Constitution did survive two World Wars and the Cold War it will survive this. The deeper and more intrusive means of surveillance that we should fear, are most likely already be in place and in use.
88 posted on 09/11/2001 9:26:17 AM PDT by x
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To: x
You're far too optimistic. This is just what the statists were waiting for. The Fourth Amendment was gutted after OKC. The First and Second Amendments are under attack right now. This will be used to pass laws that previous generations would never have stood for.

Hillary and Schumer are probably salivating over this.

116 posted on 09/11/2001 9:51:10 AM PDT by SUSSA
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