Latest revision as of 10:35, 1 July 2008
After 9/11 the American government introduced the 'Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001', which for obvious reasons became known just as the Patriot Act. However, it has been argued that the Patriot Act was registered with the Library of Congress months beforehand, and supposedly the proof can be found online:
We all know what happened on September 11th 2001.
We know that they hastily but diligently assembled 'The Patriot Act' to defend U.S. citizens from terrorism.
They had to react quickly in the wake of September 11th, for the sake of U.S. citizens. Absolutely.
They compiled a 1200-page legal act which was signed into law by President Bush on October 26th 2001.
That's a LOT of typing in merely a few weeks:
'This bill was carefully drafted and considered. Led by the members of Congress on this stage, and those seated in the audience, it was crafted with skill and care, determination and a spirit of bipartisanship for which the entire nation is grateful.' *1
'‘Since September the 11th,2001, we have gone on the offensive against the terrorists…the Patriot Act was the clear, considered RESPONSE of a nation at war, and I was proud to sign that piece of legislation.’ *2
One strange occurence though. If the Patriot Act was written in RESPONSE to the events of September 11th, how could any of the bills of the Patriot Act be registered with the Library of Congress BEFORE September 11th?
Because 'Bill H.R.3162' of the Patriot Act, according to the Library of congress, was:
'Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and one'. *3
Over 8 months BEFORE September 11th.
Then only AFTER the 'terrorist attacks' was it finally introduced into the House at an 'opportunistic' time.
It's not a minor bill either. Bill H.R.3162 of the Patriot Act is a comprehensive and substantial terrorist bill stating its very purpose as being to:
'deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world.' *3
September 11th hadn't even happened when this bill entered the Library of Congress. For it to enter the Library of Congress in January 2001, it must have been written in the months before. That takes us back to, at least, the last quarter of the year 2000. Congressman James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin has got some explaining to do, because he sponsored the Patriot Act BEFORE September 11! Whether someone around him created the legislation and manipulated him or whether he is some how connected, an investigation needs to be done into this bill.
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-patriot-act-was-written-before-9-11/
It's certainly true that the text of the legislation begins like this:
But so did the Authorisation for Use of Military Force:
And so does the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001, even though it wasn't introduced until March.
And the HEROS act wasn't introduced until October, but it has the same date:
And the ILSA extension act was introduced in May 2001, but still starts with the January 3rd reference:
And a quick Google search shows many, many more.
This doesn't, of course, mean that any of this legislation was written, or "registered with the Library of Congress" on this date. The date is just the standard opening line for the beginning of every bill passed that year, which says the 107th Congress that began on the 3rd of January is the one that passed it. It's the same every year: the 2002 bills all begin with a date of January 23rd, for instance. And there's nothing strange or suspicious about that in the slightest.