| WASHINGTON,
D.C. – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Chief Deputy Whip, issued
today’s “Bush
Administration’s Misstatement of the Day” on The Patriot Act:
During
a speech in Memphis defending provisions of the Patriot Act, U.S. Attorney
General John Ashcroft said:
“The
charges of the hysterics are revealed for what they are: castles in the
air built on misrepresentation; supported by unfounded fear; held aloft
by hysteria.” (Attorney General Ashcroft, Speech, 9/18/03)
Schakowsky
said, “Americans will continue to raise questions about the Patriot Act,
no matter how many speeches Attorney General Ashcroft delivers in support
of the law. And we will work to oppose any future plans by the Bush
Administration take away civil liberties and Constitutional rights. ”
According
to a Washington Post article (9/19/03): “More than 150 cities and
three states have passed resolutions condemning the legislation as an attack
on individual liberties. The House voted in July to cut off funding for
"sneak-and-peek" searches, in which investigators do not immediately notify
the subject that a search has been conducted.”
Attorney
General Ashcroft has refused to respond to Congressional inquiries on implementation
of the Patriot Act.
Read
More About the Patriot Act on the American Civil Liberties Webpage
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