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| 2004-08-02 | ||
Group refuses to use anti-terrorist watch list
ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero, in a letter to CFC Director Mara Patermaster, said Attorney General "John Ashcroft and this administration have created a climate of fear and intimidation that undermines the health and well-being of this nation." Using the watch lists, developed under the U.S. Patriot Act, is one requirement of continued program participation. The Patriot Act -- which expires in 2005 -- was passed into law in the weeks after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It strengthened government legal powers to conduct investigations and detain Supporters of the law have said the Patriot Act has been a valuable tool in anti-terrorism efforts. The ACLU, a legal organization that works to defend individual Constitutional rights, has long opposed the U.S. Patriot Act. In his letter, Romero said, "We will act not only on our behalf, but on behalf of our nation's nonprofits, to defend ourselves against John Ashcroft and a government that tramples on the Constitution in the name of national security."
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 Sounds to me that the ACLU wants to be able to hire terrorists, criminals, etc... who are on this 'watch list'. I agree the ACLU should loose its 'non-profit' status. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-08-02 10:07:52 AM |
| #6 John Ashcroft and this administration have created a climate of fear... Ooohhhhhhhhhh. Climate of fear! Brrrrrrrrrrr! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-08-02 9:50:59 AM |
| #5 In the CFC, participants get to designate where their contributions go. So any money that went to the ACLU was designated by those making the contribution (folks can, of course, make contributions directly, so I don't see the ACLU funding dropping off all that much). There are tons of charities on the CFC list, some national, some local. I select local and/or Christian ones that have low overhead - more bang for the buck. |
| Posted by: Spot 2004-08-02 9:28:45 AM |
| #4 The ACLU is the legal arm that sabotages our nation's values by manipulating legal loopholes and making a mockery of our constitution. Of course the ACLU is as bad as its benefactors,#3. The ACLU is the terror from within. The Ford Foundation gives grants to alot of organizations, but none of them undermine our country's foundation to as great as an extent as the ACLU lawyers. I'm not sure what "obvious" point you were trying to make. |
| Posted by: rex 2004-08-02 1:41:45 AM |
| #3 rex, the ACLU's not nearly as bad as the Ford Foundation or its grantees, just to name the most obvious example... |
| Posted by: someone 2004-08-02 1:25:41 AM |
| #2 The ACLU should not have non-profit standing. If Bush wins in November, he needs to get Ashcroft working on stripping the ACLU of its non-profit status. As a taxpayer, I'm very annoyed that an anti-American anarchist organization like the ACLU is getting tax bereaks. Let them pay for their own activities-don't expect the taxpayer to supplement their budget-I feel soiled whenever the ACLU takes a case to court-it's like taxpayers are co-partners in its seditious actions. |
| Posted by: rex 2004-08-02 1:03:43 AM |
| #1 In his letter, Romero said, "We will act not only on our behalf, but on behalf of our nation's nonprofits, to defend ourselves against John Ashcroft and a government that tramples on the Constitution in the name of national security." I don't know which is worse. The ACLU complaints about Ashcroft's 'trampling' of the Constitution in the name of national security or the ACLU trampling on the Constitution in the name of a socialist agenda. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-08-02 12:55:48 AM |