http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,86915,00.html Local Communities Refuse to Enforce Patriot Act Thursday, May 15, 2003 By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos WASHINGTON . In a rare occurrence, conservative watchdogs are siding with liberal groups who say that several provisions of the anti-terror USA Patriot Act (search) are cause for concern by Americans seeking to protect their basic rights. "We must balance at all times the fact that national security is important, but freedom is essential," said Phil Kent, president of the conservative Southeastern Legal Foundation (search), which has taken issue with expanded federal surveillance powers granted under the law. Kent and others are applauding local efforts to try to ward off provisions of the Patriot Act. As of this week, the state of Hawaii as well as 104 cities and counties across the country have passed resolutions protesting federal law enforcement measures in the USA Patriot Act. <SNIP> Responding to a anti-Patriot Act resolution passed by the Tucson, Ariz., city council on May 5, Republican U.S. Sen. John Kyl said none of the invasiveness activists have warned about has come to pass. "Despite what critics charge, law-abiding Americans have not seen their rights infringed," he told Foxnews.com. <SNIP> [[[My comments: yeah, I guess that depends on your definition of American (said the same way W. J. Clinton commented on the definition of "is")]]] ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :25Kliters anthrax, 38K liters botulinum toxin, 500 tons of /|\ \|/ :sarin, mustard and VX gas, mobile bio-weapons labs, nukular /\|/\ <--*-->:weapons.. Reasons for war on Iraq - GWB 2003-01-28 speech. \/|\/ /|\ :Found to date: 0. Cost of war: $800,000,000,000 USD. \|/ + v + : The look on Sadam's face - priceless! --------_sunder_@_sunder_._net_------- http://www.sunder.net ------------