Fear itself. (On The Contrary).(the fear of bioterrorism)(Brief Article)
American Prospect, The, December, 2001 by Kaminer, Wendy
TERRORISTS ENJOYED A SYMBOLIC victory when Congress shut down on October 18 to check the premises for anthrax--but both the House and Senate have seemed increasingly irrelevant anyway since the September 11 kamikaze attacks. The Bush administration, not Congress, is responsible for new counterterrorism legislation that includes breathtaking expansions of federal-law-enforcement power, like the authority to conduct secret searches of your home or office in an ordinary criminal investigation.
The USA Act (formally, the Uniting and Strengthening America Act of 2001) passed the ...
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