John Ashcroft is reported to be going on tour to promote this act.

The Drug Policy Alliance is reporting that this bill " could treat many non-violent drug offenders as terrorists and strip away civil liberties from every American." Everyone should write to their Senators to tell them how much they dislike this proposal.

Lean Felkins of FEAR passed along a link to the Victory Act text hosted on LibertyThink. He writes, "Though it does contain similar provisions, the VICTORY Act is not the same bill as the Domestic Security Enhancement Act, popularly known as PATRIOT II." This draft is from June 27, 2003.

Warblogging.com has, as always, an excellent report.

November 26, 2003 - A key component of the act has passed which would allow the Terrorism Information Awareness system to prosper by giving the FBI legal authority to acquire the information.

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