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The semi-finals, separations, and relaxations are all exclusive and french.



 
 
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Old August 14th 07, 01:53 AM posted to sci.astro,sci.crypt
Capt. A. Z. Pasek
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Default The semi-finals, separations, and relaxations are all exclusive and french.

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: A search warrant is issued, the parents are arrested, and
: the child is put into custody of Child Welfare workers.


# "The Feds Under Our Beds", By James Bovard, The New York Times, 9/6/1995
#
# The Justice Department confiscated the home of an elderly Cuban-American
# couple in Miami after the couple was arrested for playing host to a weekly
# poker game for family and friends.


* "Nynex Mistake Brings Scholarship Offer", NYT, 4/26/1995
*
* Walter Ray Hill, 18, was arrested and jailed for two days based solely on
* his phone number being used for a hoax bomb threat.
*
* Nynex eventually realized one of its employees transposed a number when
* tracing the call. [Ever see Terry Gilliam's movie Brazil?]
*
* A Nynex spokesman said today that they were offering to pay his complete
* four-year tutition bill, and that the offer was unconditional.


In Washington, D.C., police aggressively hassle motorists to give them
permission to search their vehicles. On C-SPAN, U.S. Attorney Eric Holder
further states that if a member of the car makes "furtive gestures" the
police may search the car.

Question: If sweating at the airport can get you a deep probing anal
search by a manly security guard, what "furtive gesture"
will get your car searched when the police stop you and
shine a flashlight in your face?

Answer: Blinking.

Point: They are almost not bothering to pretend.



Law enforcement hysteria.

The Miranda ruling by the 1966 Supreme Court requires the police inform
criminal suspects of their legal rights before questioning them.

It is classical poetry, even when recited by Dragnet's Joe Friday.

* Justice Department report: "Excerpt From the Report to Meese", NYT, 1/22/87
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* The


 




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