[IP] New Patriot Act Provision Creates Tighter Barrier to Officials at Public Events
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From: Daz <articles.daz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: January 30, 2006 7:55:20 PM EST
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: New Patriot Act Provision Creates Tighter Barrier to
Officials at Public Events
Is Fox pretending to be fair and balanced again?
daz
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183147,00.html
WASHINGTON — A new provision tucked into the Patriot Act bill now
before Congress would allow authorities to haul demonstrators at any
"special event of national significance" away to jail on felony
charges if they are caught breaching a security perimeter.
Sen. Arlen Specter , R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, sponsored the measure, which would extend the authority of
the Secret Service to allow agents to arrest people who willingly or
knowingly enter a restricted area at an event, even if the president
or other official normally protected by the Secret Service isn't in
attendance at the time.
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