Analysis: Opposition to Patriot Act grows - The Washington Times: United Press International: "CHICAGO, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Had the USA Patriot Act been the law of the land 40 years ago the civil rights movement that overturned legal racial segregation in the United States might never have happened.
That's the opinion of Clarence B. Jones, a lawyer and one-time speechwriter for Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1960s campaign of marches and demonstrations that changed life for millions of African-Americans in the South.
'It would have had a chilling effect on individuals involved in the civil rights struggle or any movement for social change,' Jones said at a seminar on the Patriot Act at the Illinois NAACP convention last week."

Hail Bush! OMG did I just type that? How soon till we all wake up?