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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
08 Jun 2005 09:28:56 AM |
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The Fascist Police State Creeps Closer |
From Reuters, 6/7/05:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&e=1&u=/nm/20050608/pl_nm/security_subpoena_dc
Senate panel OKs sweeping FBI subpoena powers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
The U.S. Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday sided with the White
House by proposing broad new subpoena powers for the FBI to use in
counterterrorism and counterintelligence investigations, officials
said.
After hours of secret deliberations, the oversight panel voted 11-4 to
send to the full Senate a proposal that would give the FBI the power
to subpoena without judicial approval a wide range of personal
documents ranging from health and library records to tax statements.
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http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nazi_police_state.htm
Hitler’s police state worked on the rule that if you said nothing, no
harm, could come to you.
If you had doubts about the way the country was going, you kept them
to yourself - or paid the price.
As nearly 17 million people had not voted for either the Nazis or the
Nationalist in March 1933, a large and visible police force was
required to keep this sizeable group under observation and control.
In Nazi Germany the police were allowed to arrest people on suspicion
that they were about to do wrong.
This gave the police huge powers.
All local police units had to draw up a list of people in their
locality who might be suspected of being "Enemies of the State".
This list was given to the Gestapo - the Secret Police.
The Gestapo had the power to do as it liked.
In 1936, the Gestapo Law meant that the activities of the Gestapo were
free from any review by courts of law.
This law effectively meant that the Gestapo became a law unto
themselves.
This non-uniformed branch of the SS became justifiably feared just as
the visible presence of the black uniformed SS men did.
Harry
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