I tried to find the specific sections that are mentioned in the article at
Rense.com, but they didn't include the Title
or Section number so I really didn't have a good idea which one to look
at.
However, after looking through the huge number of titles, I can well believe
the article is correct. Here's one I
found. Note: Admiralty and Maritime law and "otherwise inadmissible"
evidence.
SEC. 316. ANTI-TERRORIST FORFEITURE PROTECTION.
(a) RIGHT TO CONTEST- An owner of property that is confiscated under any
provision of law relating to the confiscation
of assets of suspected international terrorists, may contest that confiscation
by filing a claim in the manner set forth
in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty
and Maritime Claims), and asserting as
an affirmative defense that--
(1) the property is not subject to confiscation under such provision of law;
or
(2) the innocent owner provisions of section 983(d) of title 18, United States
Code, apply to the case.
(b) EVIDENCE- In considering a claim filed under this section, the Government
may rely on evidence that is otherwise
inadmissible under the Federal Rules of Evidence, if a court determines that
such reliance is necessary to protect the
national security interests of the United States.
S 1510 titles, subtitles, and sections can be seen here (if this link will
work) with links at each one to the
text.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c107:2:./temp/~c107Z1f945::
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http://www.rense.com/general14/senateterrorist.htm
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Senate Terrorist Bill Blasted -
'Worse Than 1790 Sedition Laws'
From Kerry
10-9-1
Note: U.S. Government agencies will be able to seize assets of citizens,
501C3 and other organizations and their members
without ever disclosing the evidence against their property. Government need
only allege that disclosing such evidence
may compromise National security and/or an ongoing
investigation.
STILL THINK YOUR GOOD OLD BOY IN OFFICE IS ON YOUR SIDE?
This is worse legislation than the Sedition Laws of the 1790's, later declared
unconstitutional and leading to the end
of John Adams' presidency. Land of the (formerly) free ??
Better contact your senators on this one...
___
Consider these items in the new Senate Terrorist Bill 1510:
"MONEY LAUNDERING ABATEMENT AND ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCING ACT OF
2001"
Political Activists and Demonstrators should Zero in on S.1510. The bill's
provisions can be used to eradicate public
dissent - - and you!
Under Senate Bill 1510, now being considered in the Senate as an Anti-terrorism
act:
a.. An entire 501C3 organization or other organization, including its members,
can have their assets seized for
supporting bodily acts or international causes that the U.S. Secretary of
State may deem terrorist activity. Political
activities that were legal prior to S.1510 may "RETROACTIVELY" be deemed
terrorist activity by U.S. Government.
Participants and supporters may be charged with terrorist and other
offenses.
If you want to read this bill for yourself, go to
http://thomas.loc.gov/,
to the 107th Congress, and Senate Bill 1510.
(2). S.1510 "RETROACTIVELY" abolishes the "Statue of Limitations" for many
past offenses where no one was injured. After
passage of S.1510, any past offense that can be broadly alleged to have put
someone "at risk" may be used by federal and
state prosecutors to charge a citizen with a terrorist act - even 30 years
after the Statute of Limitations period had
already passed. Government will have no difficulty manufacturing evidence
to prosecute citizens once Constitutional
safeguards against passing Retroactive Laws are abolished after passage of
S.1510.
(3) No "innocent owner defense" allowed against Asset Forfeiture when, after
passage of S 1510, U.S. Government agencies
will be able to seize assets of citizens, 501C3 and other organizations and
their members without ever disclosing the
evidence against their property. Government need only allege that disclosing
such evidence may compromise National
security and/or an ongoing investigation. S 1510 provides for paying "unnamed
informants huge rewards" resulting from
arrests and forfeited assets. It is hard to believe any organization or citizen
could ever recover their assets once
they are seized by a government agency in the name of National Security.
That may include a citizen's home in which an
informant secretly alleges someone said the wrong thing.
(4) "D Below" is from the Senate Bill 1510.
So much for trusting attorneys!
"(d) UNDERCOVER ACTIVITIES- Notwithstanding any provision of State law, including
disciplinary rules, statutes,
regulations, constitutional provisions, or case law, a Government attorney
may, for the purpose of enforcing Federal
law, provide legal advice, authorization, concurrence, direction, or supervision
on conducting undercover activities,
and any attorney employed as an investigator or other law enforcement agent
by the Department of Justice who is not
authorized to represent the United States in criminal or civil law enforcement
litigation or to supervise such
proceedings may participate in such activities, even though such activities
may require the use of deceit or
misrepresentation, where such activities are consistent with Federal
law.
(e) ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE- No violation of any disciplinary, ethical,
or professional conduct rule shall be
construed to permit the exclusion of otherwise admissible evidence in any
Federal criminal proceedings".
This bill is similar to the one Adolf Hitler pushed through the Reichstag
after the Reichstag fire in the early 1930's.
German Jews, horrified by the chaos in Germany after the fire, supported
Hitler's legislation - then found he could (and
planned to) use it against them.
This is worse legislation than the Sedition Laws of the 1790's, later declared
unconstitutional and leading to the end
of John Adams' presidency.
Understand! Under the law as now written, you and anyone connected with any
organization - 501(c)(3), church, Rotary,
any organization - can be snagged under this legislation. Lifting the Statute
of Limitations means that you could have
your home and other assets seized if you were a member of an organization
that supported, for example, Leonard Peltier,
or sent food or medicine to Cuba, or even protested against nukes in the
'60s - and the U.S.G. decided that that
organization was then or is now in any way associated with someone or some
organization that is somehow connected to a
"terrorist organization."
Of course, it will be said that that is highly unlikely to happen if you
keep your nose clean - and don't give financial
or other support to any suspect organization.
There are thousands of people in our prisons now, put there by the testimony
of paid/"rewarded" informers. All it takes
is for some such person to provide "testimony" that the ACLU or the Sierra
Club or Pastors for Peace, or other
organization is "supporting" terrorists. Or maybe some member of such an
organization does provide support to a
terrorist: all members are liable to imprisonment and seizure of their
assets.
Who, under a law like that, is going to give funding to any 501(c)(3)
organization or any other actionist group - even
for work with rehabilitating prisoners or drug addicts, or providing housing
for the poor?
If this law passes in this form, kiss protest - by letter or demonstration
- and democracy goodbye!
Go to
http://www.senate.gov/
and send a note to your Senators and tell them to kill this bastard before
it becomes law. At least
to amend the damn thing!
And please forward this (or your own) message to EVERYONE on your e-mail
list.
May God protect what democracy we have left.
Charles
P.S. If you want to read this bill for yourself, go to
http://thomas.loc.gov/,
to the 107th Congress, and Senate
Bill
1510.
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