Dude, Where's My Country_ - Michael Moore [100]
For FBI terror alerts and information about shoe bombs and security on transportation go to www.fbi.gov. For more on shoe bombs, see Jack Hagel, “FBI identifies explosive used for shoe bomb,” Philadelphia Inquirer, December 29, 2001.
Articles on terrorism and counterfeit goods can be found in The International Herald Tribune “Terrorist groups sell Sham Consumer Goods to Raise Money, Interpol Head Says,” David Johnston, July 18, 2003; Congressional Testimony, Senate Governmental Affairs, Terrorism Financing, July 31, 2003; “Hearing of the House International Relations Committee,” Federal News Service, July 16, 2003; Judd Slivka, “Terrorists planned to set wildfires, FBI memo warned,” Arizona Republic, July 13, 2003; Amber Mobley, “U.S. citizen admits planning al Qaeda attack,” Boston Globe, June 20, 2003; Randy Kennedy, “A conspicuous terror target is called hard to topple,” New York Times, June 20, 2003; Rhonda Bell, “Suspicious package on porch a false alarm,” Times-Picayune (New Orleans), October 13, 2001.
For information about the Project for the New American Century, visit www.newamericancentury.org. For more on Bush’s doctrine of permanent war, and the immediate use of September 11 to set the stage for attacking even more countries, see: John Diamond, “Bush puts focus on protracted war with global goals,” Chicago Tribune, September 14, 2001; “Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz discusses the course of action the U.S. may take after Tuesday’s attacks,” NPR’s All Things Considered, September 14, 2001; Christopher Dickey, et al., “Next up: Saddam,” Newsweek, December 31, 2001; “Votes in Congress,” New York Times, May 25, 2003; Maureen Dowd, “Neocon coup at the Department d’Etat,” New York Times, August 6, 2003.
Rumsfeld’s promise of permanent war was made October 4, 2001. It can be found at www.defenselink.mil.
Information on Russell Feingold (D-Wisconsin) and his lone vote against the Patriot Act, see: Nick Anderson, “His ‘No’ vote on the Terror Bill earns respect,” Los Angeles Times, October 31, 2001; Emily Pierce, “Feingold defiant over vote against anti-terrorism bill,” Congressional Quarterly, November 2, 2001; Judy Mann, “Speeches and symbolism do little to solve our problems,” Washington Post, October 31, 2001. Matthew Rothschild, “Russ Feingold,” The Progressive, May 2002.
Russ Feingold’s entire statement in opposition to the Patriot Act can be found at his Web site, www.russfeingold.org. For more on the Patriot Act, and the text of the act itself, visit the Electronic Privacy Information Center at www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot. Also visit the ACLU at www .aclu.org and the American Library Association at www.ala.org. For more on the White House pushing the act through Congress, and Congress not reading the final version before voting on it, check out Steven Brill’s After: Rebuilding and Defending America in the September 12 Era, Simon & Schuster, 2003, and “Surveillance under the ‘USA/Patriot Act,’” ACLU, 2002.
For specifics of the bill, refer to the Senate Judiciary hearings of October 9, 2002; “How the anti-terrorism bill puts financial privacy at risk,” ACLU, October 23, 2001; Imbalance of Power, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, September 2002-March 2003; Nat Hentoff, “No ‘sneak and peak,’” Washington Times, August 4, 2003.
Dan Eggen and Robert O’Harrow Jr. reported on Ashcroft’s “emergency” warrants and non-emergency warrants in the March 24, 2003, edition of the Washington Post, “U.S. steps up secret surveillance.” Also see, Anne Gearan, “Supreme Court rejects attempt to appeal cases testing scope of secret spy court,” Associated Press, March 24, 2003; Curt Anderson, “Ashcroft accelerates use of emergency spy warrants in anti-terror fight,” Associated Press, March 24, 2003; Evelyn Nieves, “Local officials rise up to defy the Patriot Act,” Washington Post, April 21, 2003; Jerry Seper, “Congressmen seek clarifications of Patriot Act powers,” Washington Times, April 3, 2003.
If you would like to read the Justice Department’s report on detainees, “U.S.